Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Genome Biol. 2012 Feb 22;13(2):144. doi: 10.1186/gb4000.
An ancestral supersoldier phenotype of Pheidole ants can be recovered when selection for supersoldiers re-emerges, indicating that the developmental potential for caste pathways is retained.
当再次出现选择超级战士的情况时,能够恢复兵蚁的祖先超级战士表型,这表明其发育为特定形态的潜力得以保留。