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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

How Pheidole Conquered the World

December 30, 2014


From the National Science Foundation (NSF):




How Pheidole conquered the world: About one tenth of the world’s #ants are close relatives, belonging to the genus Pheidole. How did this particular genus -- just one out of 323 in the ant world -- become so widespread? Learn more in this #NSFfunded research from University of Michigan and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technologyhttp://1.usa.gov/13H70rc 

Photo: An ant on Dudley Bluffs twinpod flowers. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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