Soldier neural architecture is temporarily modality-specialized but poorly predicted by repertoire size in the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula
Kaitlin Mari Baudier, Meghan M. Bennett, Meghan Barrett, Frank J. Cossio, Robert D. Wu, Sean O’Donnell, Theodore P. Pavlic, Jennifer H. Fewell
The paper examines neural investment in defense-specialized soldiers of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula, finding that relative visual brain investment varies with task demands but not with repertoire size.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology · Nov 13, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience