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Thursday, 2 July 2015

Brain chemical identified that turns tree ants into aggressive soldiers

Worker roles in Australian green tree ant society are influenced by a chemical in the tiny insect's brain.  Differences in the levels of the chemical octopamine in the brains of two types of worker ant correlate with the level of aggression they show.

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