One size does not fit all.
Comparing the anatomies of more than 100 different species of ants reveals that worker ants have enlarged necks, not seen in queens, that allow them to lift and carry objects many times heavier than themselves.
Diethard Tautz is an eLife reviewing editor, and is at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany tautz@evolbio.mpg.de.
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D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D005426:Flight, Animal; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
Formicidae; ants; social insects