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Trait evolution is reversible, repeatable, and decoupled in the soldier caste of turtle ants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Mar 2020
Powell Scott, Price Shauna L, Kronauer Daniel J C
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The scope of adaptive phenotypic change within a lineage is shaped by how functional traits evolve. Castes are defining functional traits of adaptive phenotypic change in complex insect societies, and caste evolution is expected to be phylogenetically conserved and developmentally constrained at broad phylogenetic scales. Yet how castes evolve at the species level has remained largely unaddressed. Turtle ant...
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