Scientist has recently been studying certain ant attacks and
have been intergrading their offspring into their own colonies in order for survival.
They have recently discovered that these raids required to achieve the goals
are controlled by a different gene in each of the closely related ant (Temnothroax).
This proves that through the different changed in the genetic material is due
to random. This means that although there are several different paths, they
could all have the same outcome.
Within this research, the scientist at Johannes-Gutenberg
University Mainz was able to identify two specific attack genes in slave maker
ants. The first gene is “Acyl-CoA Delta (11) Desaturase which causes the attackers
to release chemical scents during the raid. These scent mask the attackers,
which helps them lead a successful raid. On the other hand the other gene that
was identified was called Trypsin-7, which appears to have an affect on the
recognition potential of identifying the host colonies required for a raid.
No comments:
Post a Comment