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Low genetic diversity can have unexpected benefits; within Argentine ants it has given rise to a global supercolony, because the pheromones of different hives h
by vanderZwan 9y ago
Low genetic diversity can have unexpected benefits; within Argentine ants it has given rise to a global supercolony, because the pheromones of different hives have become indistinguishable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony#Supercolonies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony#Supercolonies
- MaxBarraclough 9y agoNeat. Ants really are one of the most interesting species. (Or, if not species, whatever the appropriate taxonomical term is.)