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Inside the Ant Lab: Mutants and Social Genes

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Published: February 21, 2019

| Taken from Nature Video

Social insects such as ants and bees often have complex societies, but understanding the genetics behind their social interactions can be difficult due to their complex lifecycles. This lab in New York hopes to investigate the genetics of ant social behaviour by focussing on an unusual species: the Clonal Raider Ant.