Ants. Ants! ANTS!! Ants rule everything around me.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ants. Ants! ANTS!! Ants rule everything around me.

Kanine: Aug 5, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

im confused about something relating to ants and evolution

(correct me if im wrong here but) if natural selection is basically: animal gets born with random new trait -> trait is either advantageous/harmful/neutral -> if trait is harmful animal most likely dies before it can reproduce and pass on the genes, or if the trait is advantageous/neutral the animal has a higher likelihood of surviving and then passing said trait on

how do eusocial animals evolve into various specialized castes, etc?

if the queen has a single genetic sequence, how did she evolve to give birth to a bunch of different caste variations that themselves dont ever breed and pass on their genes?

edit: is there any known example of a transitional eusocial species?

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