A new reference brain could make the clonal raider ant a go-to model species for neuroscience

Every clonal raider ant lives a nearly identical life. Each new generation of these blind, queenless ants is born at the same time, eats the same things, lives in the same environment, and—as an asexually reproducing species—has the exact same genes. It’s hard to find a more textbook example of a society where the individual matters less than the collective.

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