Scientists Discover "Social Chromosome"
- OurStudio
- Jan 17, 2013
- 1 min read
Whether fire ants bow to one queen or accept many rulers depends on one long strand of genes, a new study finds.
The gene sequence is the first "social chromosome" ever discovered, according to study researcher Yannick Wurm of Queen Mary, University of London, who called the DNA sequence a "supergene."
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