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Mechanical demands of bite in plane head shapes of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers

Food processing can exert significant evolutionary pressures on the morphological evolution of animal appendages. The ant genus Pheidole displays a remarkable degree of morphological differentiation and task specialization among its workers. Notably, there is considerable variation in head shape wit...

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Autores principales: Klunk, Cristian L., Argenta, Marco A., Casadei‐Ferreira, Alexandre, Pie, Marcio R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10244895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37293120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10162