BE Boudinot, OTD Moosdorf, RG Beutel… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ants are highly polyphenic Hymenoptera, with at least three distinct adult forms in the vast majority of species. Their sexual dimorphism, however, is overlooked to the point of being a …
The mesosoma is the power core of the ant, containing critical structural and muscular elements for the movement of the head, legs, and metasoma. It has been hypothesized that …
Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution and are essential for modeling the history of lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate the …
Microhabitat differentiation of species communities such as vertical stratification in tropical forests contributes to species coexistence and thus biodiversity. However, little is known …
CL Klunk, MA Argenta… - Journal of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ants show remarkable ecological and evolutionary success due to their social life history and division of labour among colony members. In some lineages, the worker force became …
J Katzke, P Puchenkov, H Stark… - Integrative Organismal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Skeletal muscle is responsible for voluntary force generation across animals, and muscle architecture largely determines the parameters of mechanical output. The ability to analyze …
S Arroyave-Tobon, J Drapin, A Kaniewski… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Quadrupeds and hexapods are known by their ability to adapt their locomotive patterns to their functions in the environment. Computational modeling of animal movement can help to …
L Hanna, E Abouheif - Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolution of eusociality, where solitary individuals integrate into a single colony, is a major transition in individuality. In ants, the origin of eusociality coincided with the origin of a …
The male genitalia of the Insecta are famed for structural and functional diversity. Variation in this anatomical region shows ample phylogenetic signal, and this variation has proven …