Division of labor and brain evolution in insect societies: Neurobiology of extreme specialization in the turtle ant Cephalotes varians
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Division of labor and brain evolution in insect societies: Neurobiology of extreme specialization in the turtle ant Cephalotes varians
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Keywords
Social systems, Biological defense mechanisms, Ants, Animal sociality, Neuroimaging, Cognition, Evolutionary developmental biology, Head
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages e0213618
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2019-03-28
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0213618
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