A mutant strain of giant ant heads and enormous chins scientists created by activating specific genes in insects.
Experts from the University of Montreal issued on ant larvae by a specific hormone which failed to develop into ants' super-soldiers. "
So far, all ant colonies consist of insects from different "castes", including those of soldiers and workers. These will be added now and the rare and unusual caste of super-soldiers.
Lead researcher Dr. Abouheif and colleagues studied more than 1,000 different species of ants and found that there were only eight categories that had so-called super-soldiers who help protect the colony of ants by preventing the entry of intruders using its vast proportions heads.
In trying to understand what scientists leading to the creation of this category of ants, they found that a significant role in the evolution and development of the play not only the temperature at which eggs grow and nutrition but also a chemical that exists within eggs, which is called juvenile hormone.
"Therefore, with the right treatments at the right time of their development, provided the administration of a hormone to create these giant ants," says lead researcher.
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