image: A GIF briefly captures results from Simola et al., where epigenetics changes to the brains of "soldier" ants caused them to behave more like "forager" ants. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 1, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by D.F. Simola at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and colleagues was titled, "Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant Camponotus floridanus." view more
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