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Old soldiers never die ....

Genome biology - 22 Feb 2012

Boomsma Jacobus J, Nygaard Sanne

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An ancestral supersoldier phenotype of Pheidole ants can be recovered when selection for supersoldiers re-emerges, indicating that the developmental potential for caste pathways is retained.

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PMID: 22356770
DOI: 10.1186/gb4000
PMCID: PMC3334560

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