International researchers led by China's BGI-Research used single cell technology to study the brains of ants, explaining for the first time how the social division of labor within ant colonies ...

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Shenzhen, June 16, 2022: International researchers led by China’s BGI-Research used single cell technology to study the brains of ants, explaining for the first time how the social division of labor ...