Ants Smell Cheaters and Assault Them, Study Finds

Friday, January 9, 2009 - 16:21 in Biology & Nature

If a worker ant attempts to reproduce in the presence of the queen, the worker inadvertently produces a chemical that causes her sisters to attack.

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