title: Evolution: return of the ant supersoldiers.
abstract: An ancient developmental potential to form 'supersoldiers' facilitates the recurrent evolution of this subcaste in various species of Pheidole ants.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Univ and Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy, CNRS UMR 7288, case 907, Parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France. benjamin.prudhomme@univ-amu.fr
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prud'homme
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gompel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D010641:Phenotype; D012919:Social Behavior