Head and mandible shapes are highly integrated yet represent two distinct modules within and among worker subcastes of the ant genus Pheidole
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7422
Abstract: Abstract Ants use their mandibles for a wide variety of tasks related to substrate manipulation, brood transport, food processing, and colony defense. Due to constraints involved in colony upkeep, ants evolved a remarkable diversity of… read more here.
Keywords: head; shapes highly; head mandible; integrated yet ... See more keywords