This paper reports recent findings on the association of genes with caste and behavior in fire ants, and places these findings into the larger context of how genes and division of labor are associated in social insects in general.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Formicidae Solenopsis invicta (fire ant)
Keywords: division of labor, polymorphism
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