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Fire ants ruled by 'social chromosome'

16 January, 2013 12:22:52 MSNBC
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A 616-gene sequence ("social chromosome") determines whether a single queen or many will rule a colony of fire ants, Solenopsis invicta. Here, a queen, three smaller workers and one pupa. Whether fire ants bow to one queen or accept many rulers depends on one long strand of genes, a new study finds.


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