Acorn Ants (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Acorn Ants

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The Case Western Reserve biologists 'explore(d) the potential for parallel (and non-parallel) evolution of thermal tolerance across three cities using acorn ants as a model system' as these particular ants are 'highly sensitive to temperature, including in their development rate, running speed and thermal tolerance,' according to their paper.

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Lauren Nichols, Case Western Reserve University

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