Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.
Scientists discover a “runaway bulldozer” in ant DNA that silences smell genes, keeping chemical communication - and colony ...
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Biological Bulldozer Mechanism Explains Ants’ Powerful Sense of Smell
Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.
There’s more to ants than meets the eye. For years, biologists have puzzled over what decides an ant’s fate. Is it in her food or in her DNA? New research is now bringing fresh answers, and it’s ...
A study that mapped the chemical receptors of two different ant species has revealed a large and varied system of chemical receptors. Ants have up to five times more odour receptors than other insects ...
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