Research Review - Ant Farmers Change The Bodies Of Their Mealybug Livestock

An interesting article of the effects of ant animal husbandry on the body shape and size of their coccomorpha livestock was published in Jan 2024. Today, we go over some of their interesting findings.

Article: https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/117/1/49/7457723

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