2015년 2월 18일 수요일

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

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02/18/2015 05:26 PM EST

Andrew Suarez
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

Source
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This is an NSF News From the Field item.

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