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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 03 > A fighter or a forager? For ants, it all comes down to a single gene

A fighter or a forager? For ants, it all comes down to a single gene

But the castes have some wiggle room

By Nicholas Wade / The Bulletin
April 3, 2009

Researchers studying the social behavior of ants have found that a single gene underlies both the aggressive behavior of the ant colony’s soldiers and the food-gathering behavior of its foraging caste.

The gene is active in soldier ants, particularly in five neurons in the front of....

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