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Evolution turned this ant into a living drill

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:09 pm
by coominya
Bods in Paris combined x-ray microtomography and high-powered microscopes to visualize the ants’ skeletomuscular system, focusing on the anatomy of the head, jaws, and legs.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/ ... ving-drill

Re: Evolution turned this ant into a living drill

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 6:23 am
by MichaelG.
An amazing feat of specialisation ... Thanks for the link.

MichaelG.
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For convenient reference: The full paper is here
https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentra ... 018-0277-6

Re: Evolution turned this ant into a living drill

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:02 pm
by billbillt
Very interesting read.. Thanks for sharing....

BillT