"Ants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Insects of the family Formicidae, very common and widespread, probably the most successful of all the insect groups. All ants are social insects, and most colonies contain three castes, queens, males, and workers. Their habits are often very elaborate and a great many studies have been made of ant behavior. Ants produce a number of secretions that function in offense, defense, and communication. (From Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p676)
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D001000
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.205
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ants" by people in Profiles.
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Acorn ant exhibits age-dependent induced defence in response to parasitic raids. Biol Lett. 2024 Oct; 20(10):20240335.
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Viral diversity and co-evolutionary dynamics across the ant phylogeny. Mol Ecol. 2024 Oct; 33(19):e17519.
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Ant impacts on global patterns of bird elevational diversity. Ecol Lett. 2024 Aug; 27(8):e14497.
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Domestication and evolutionary histories of specialized gut symbionts across cephalotine ants. Mol Ecol. 2024 Aug; 33(15):e17454.
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Convergent evolution of fern nectaries facilitated independent recruitment of ant-bodyguards from flowering plants. Nat Commun. 2024 May 24; 15(1):4392.
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Physiological and evolutionary contexts of a new symbiotic species from the nitrogen-recycling gut community of turtle ants. ISME J. 2023 10; 17(10):1751-1764.
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Worker Reproduction and Caste Polymorphism Impact Genome Evolution and Social Genes Across the Ants. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 06 01; 15(6).
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Six decades of museum collections reveal disruption of native ant assemblages by introduced species. Curr Biol. 2023 05 22; 33(10):2088-2094.e6.
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Identifying the Role of Elevation, Geography, and Species Identity in Structuring Turtle Ant (Cephalotes Latreille, 1802) Bacterial Communities. Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug; 86(2):1240-1253.
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The genomic basis of army ant chemosensory adaptations. Mol Ecol. 2021 12; 30(24):6627-6641.