Specialisation and plasticity in a primitively social insect
S. Patalano, A. Alsina, C. Gregorio-Rodriguez, M. Bachman, S. Dreier, I. Hernando-Herraez, P. Nana, S. Balasubramanian, S. Sumner, W. Reik, S. Rulands
The paper shows how a primitive social insect achieves both specialization and plasticity by integrating antagonistic processes across different scales.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2020 · PreprintBiophysics