Socially Parasitic Ants Evolve a Mosaic of Host-Matching and Parasitic Morphological Traits

A basic expectation of evolution by natural selection is that species morphologies will adapt to their ecological niche. In social organisms, this may include selective pressure from the social environment. Many non-ant parasites of ant colonies are known to mimic the morphology of their host specie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2020-09, Vol.30 (18), p.3639-3646.e4
Hauptverfasser:	Fischer, Georg, Friedman, Nicholas R., Huang, Jen-Pan, Narula, Nitish, Knowles, L. Lacey, Fisher, Brian L., Mikheyev, Alexander S., Economo, Evan P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	3D morphometrics ants host matching Madagascar micro-CT morphology Pheidole social parasites
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