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Complementary brains

Nature Ecology & Evolution volume 6, pages 1060–1061 (2022)Cite this article

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Pharaoh ants live in highly organized colonies with elaborate social structure. An atlas of the brain cells of the different sexes and social groups of this ant reveals cell compositions tailored to the tasks performed by each group.

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Fig. 1: Brain specialization in the members of a pharaoh ant colony.

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