Jumping genes may explain how ants became so diverse after dinosaurs died
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“Researchers have linked the massive diversification of ant species following the extinction of dinosaurs to the activity of jumping genes within their DNA. This genetic mechanism may explain how ants evolved into thousands of distinct species.”
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