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Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Jan 2012
Rajakumar Rajendhran, San Mauro Diego, Dijkstra Michiel B, Huang Ming H, Wheeler Diana E, Hiou-Tim Francois, Khila Abderrahman, Cournoyea Michael, Abouheif Ehab
Abstract excerpt
Complex worker caste systems have contributed to the evolutionary success of advanced ant societies; however, little is known about the developmental processes underlying their origin and evolution. We combined hormonal manipulation, gene expression, and phylogenetic analyses with field observations to understand how novel worker subcastes evolve. We uncovered an ancestral developmental potential to produce a...
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