Ontogeny of superorganisms:Social control of queen specialization in ants
V. Majidifar, M. N. Psalti, M. Coulm, E. Fetzer, E.-M. Teggers, F. Rotering, J. Gruenewald, L. Mannella, M. Reuter, D. Unte, R. Libbrecht
This study investigates how worker ants socially control queen specialization in ant colonies, showing that worker presence induces and maintains queen egg-laying specialization.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2022Evolutionary Biology