Reduction of brain volume correlates with behavioral changes in queen ants.

作者: Glennis E. Julian , Wulfila Gronenberg

DOI: 10.1159/000065936

关键词: Queen (playing card)ZoologyEcologyBiologyANTBrain size

摘要: The behavior of reproductive female ants distinctly changes during the transition from virgin to mature, egg-laying queen. A winged ant flies only once her lifetime when she engages in t

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