Susanne Foitzik from the University of Mainz studies the behavior of ants and shows that the parasite Anomotaenia brevis prolongs the life of infected workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi by five to ten times, which, however, has negative effects on the entire colony. #Ameisenforschung #Langlebigkeit #MolekulareBiologie (translated)
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Forschung an Ameisen: Die Farbe Gelb steht für langes Leben
