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Both age and social environment shape the phenotype of ant workers.
Scientific reports - 5 Jan 2023
Quque Martin, Brun Charlotte, Villette Claire, Sueur Cédric, Criscuolo François, Heintz Dimitri, Bertile Fabrice
Abstract excerpt
Position within the social group has consequences on individual lifespans in diverse taxa. This is especially obvious in eusocial insects, where workers differ in both the tasks they perform and their aging rates. However, in eusocial wasps, bees and ants, the performed task usually depends strongly on age. As such, untangling the effects of social role and age on worker physiology is a key step towards...
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