video: Major and minor workers have very distinct physical characteristics and behaviors, which correspond with unique epigenetic signatures in their brains based on caste. 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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