Angelly Vásquez‐Correa

The paper shows that latent gene network expression in ant worker castes underlies the partial re-evolution of ocelli, suggesting persistent developmental potentials in polyphenic systems.

This paper presents a developmental table for the Pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis, showing that queen and worker phenotypes are determined by early embryogenesis.

The paper uses nano-CT to show that soldier larvae in Pheidole hyatti have coordinated growth of rudimentary forewing discs with other imaginal discs and larval size, differing from minor workers.