Discovery: Tropical fire ants traveled the world on 16th century ships

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Discovery: Tropical fire ants traveled the world on 16th century ships

02/18/2015 05:26 PM EST

Thanks to a bit of genetic sleuthing, researchers now know the invasion history of the tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata), the first ant species known to travel the globe by sea.

Full story at http://news.illinois.edu/news/15/0218ant_invasion_AdrianSmith_AndrewSuarez.html

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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