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Army ants trapped by their evolutionary history

Frédéric Delsuc. PLoS Biol. 2003 Nov.

Abstract

A phylogenetic study of army ants has completely changed our view of their evolutionary history, including the origin of the curious and fatal phenomenon known as circular mill formation

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Figure 1. A Representative Individual from the Soldier Caste of the New World Army Ant Species Eciton burchelli with Characteristically Shaped Mandibles

Illustration by Nathalie Escure.

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