Layered social competition coordinates reproductive hierarchy formation in ants
Shao Zhi George Liu, Manon Ben Kiran, Yu-Chin Lin, Rosie Wang, Yuwei Zhong, Yen‐Chung Chen, Muhammad Zain Naveed, Claude Desplan, Ching-Han Lee
The paper quantifies social interactions in ants to show how structured dueling behavior predicts reproductive hierarchy formation.
bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience