Zwiebel Lab - Aggression & Ants (VIDEO)

Vanderbilt University

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In a new study, scientists in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt report definitive evidence of a specific mechanism within ants that is responsible for unlocking aggressive behaviors toward other ants. The research--the first to pinpoint this mechanism and its precise role in ant biology--reports a social characteristic which could help account for their evolutionary success.

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