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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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B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.205
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| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ants" by people in Profiles.
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Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci. Evolution. 2026 Mar 03; 80(3):554-569.
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Caste-Specific Functional Variation in the Venom of the Army Ant Eciton hamatum. Mol Ecol. 2026 Mar; 35(6):e70290.
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Evaluating UCE Data Adequacy and Integrating Uncertainty in a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Ants. Syst Biol. 2025 Dec 12; 74(5):700-722.
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Nutritional Symbiosis Between Ants and Their Symbiotic Microbes. Annu Rev Entomol. 2026 Jan; 71(1):35-49.
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Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants. Cell. 2025 Sep 04; 188(18):4828-4848.e25.
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Genomic signatures of adaptation in native lizards exposed to human-introduced fire ants. Nat Commun. 2025 01 02; 16(1):89.
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Adaptive trade-offs between vertebrate defence and insect predation drive Amazonian ant venom evolution. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 11; 291(2035):20242184.
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Acorn ant exhibits age-dependent induced defence in response to parasitic raids. Biol Lett. 2024 10; 20(10):20240335.
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Viral diversity and co-evolutionary dynamics across the ant phylogeny. Mol Ecol. 2024 10; 33(19):e17519.
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Ant impacts on global patterns of bird elevational diversity. Ecol Lett. 2024 Aug; 27(8):e14497.