Study Links Ants' Global Success to Exoskeleton Thickness and Armor Adaptations
How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep.
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Ants are the new plants! More examples that size (now even in monomorphic ants) is correlated with endoreduplication/polyploidy. 🧪
Ants are the new plants! More examples that size (now even in monomorphic ants) is correlated with endoreduplication/polyploidy. 🧪 "Endored
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