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Scientists Create First Mutant Ants

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  1. Melody Bot Aug 11, 2017
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    The Washington Post:


    On Thursday, two independent research teams described their work deleting ant genes. Two papers chronicling the first mutant ants appeared in the journal Cell, along with a third study that altered ant behavior using an insect brain hormone.

    Claude Desplan, a New York University biologist and an author of one of the studies, said that, as far as he could tell, these ants are “the first mutant in any social insect.”
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    This is how it starts.

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  2. Tim McCall Aug 11, 2017
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    Watch out Paul Rudd.
     
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  3. Raku Aug 11, 2017
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    The real life Spi-I mean real life Ant-Man will be a thing =D
     
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  4. Mr. Serotonin Aug 11, 2017
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    "This is how it starts,
    Take my shoes off, bitten by mutant ants"

    @Jason Tate :crylaugh:
     
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  6. Anarchivist Aug 11, 2017
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  7. Serenity Now Aug 12, 2017
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    How what starts?
     
  8. sawhney[rusted]2 Aug 12, 2017
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    I'll write you into all of my songs Supporter