What Makes One Wasp Queen? Old Developmental Pathways Spawn Revolutionary Evolutionary Changes

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What Makes One Wasp Queen? Old Developmental Pathways Spawn Revolutionary Evolutionary Changes

When the larvae of the primitive social insect, a type of paper wasp, slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (future queen). Now, researchers are shedding new light on the development of colonial insects from solitary ancestors through study of a primitive social order of wasps.


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