Adaptive Radiation in Socially Advanced Stem-Group Ants from the Cretaceous

Across terrestrial ecosystems, modern ants are ubiquitous. As many as 94 out of every 100 individual arthropods in rainforests are ants [1], and they constitute up to 15% of animal biomass in the Amazon [2, 3]. Moreover, ants are pervasive agents of natural selection as over 10,000 arthropod species...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2016-02, Vol.26 (4), p.515-521
Hauptverfasser:	Barden, Phillip, Grimaldi, David A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amber Animals Ants - anatomy & histology Ants - classification Ants - physiology Biological Evolution Fossils - anatomy & histology Myanmar Phylogeny Social Behavior
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