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Division of labor in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole is associated with distinct subcaste- and age-related patterns of worker brain organization.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Muscedere Mario L, Traniello James F A

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The evolutionary success of ants and other social insects is considered to be intrinsically linked to division of labor among workers. The role of the brains of individual ants in generating division of labor, however, is poorly understood, as is the degree to which interspecific variation in worker social phenotypes is underscored by functional neurobiological differentiation. Here we demonstrate that dimorphic...

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PMID: 22363686
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031618
PMCID: PMC3281964

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