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Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers.

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Nijhout, HF
Published in: Current biology : CB
January 2019

Many ant species have complex caste systems, with reproductive queens and sterile workers, which often play distinct roles in the maintenance and defense of the colony. A new study sheds light on how these worker caste systems evolved and the mechanisms by which totipotent larvae give rise to the alternative adult castes.

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Current biology : CB

DOI

EISSN

1879-0445

ISSN

0960-9822

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

29

Issue

1

Start / End Page

R32 / R34

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproduction
  • Larva
  • Infertility
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ants
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
 

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Nijhout, H. F. (2019). Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers. Current Biology : CB, 29(1), R32–R34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.019
Nijhout, H Frederik. “Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers.Current Biology : CB 29, no. 1 (January 2019): R32–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.019.
Nijhout HF. Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers. Current biology : CB. 2019 Jan;29(1):R32–4.
Nijhout, H. Frederik. “Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers.Current Biology : CB, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. R32–34. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.019.
Nijhout HF. Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers. Current biology : CB. 2019 Jan;29(1):R32–R34.
Journal cover image

Published In

Current biology : CB

DOI

EISSN

1879-0445

ISSN

0960-9822

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

29

Issue

1

Start / End Page

R32 / R34

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproduction
  • Larva
  • Infertility
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ants
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences