Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Ontogeny of superorganisms:Social control of queen specialization in ants
V. Majidifar, M. N. Psalti, M. Coulm…·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.
DOI 10.1111/1365-2435.14536