Fire Ant Castes, Sexes and Life Stages (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Fire Ant Castes, Sexes and Life Stages

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A new study shows that genes involved in creating developmental differences in fire ants evolved more rapidly than genes not involved in these processes. Shown here are fire ants of different castes, sexes and life stages: (top-bottom) worker, male and queen fire ants; (left-right) adult and pupal fire ants.

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Georgia Tech/Eric A. Hoffman and Michael A. D. Goodisman

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