Volume 27, Issue 24, Pages R1299-R1300 (December 2017) Trophallaxis Adria C. LeBoeuf Current Biology Volume 27, Issue 24, Pages R1299-R1300 (December 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.047 Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Two adult Camponotus floridanus ants engaging in trophallaxis. Adaptation of Wheeler’s “ever-widening vortex” of trophallaxis, beginning with the ancestral form of this behavior — parental care — and extending to a derived form wherein ants engage in fluid exchange with plants. For a video, see: https://youtu.be/e84sjk8z3lE. Current Biology 2017 27, R1299-R1300DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.047) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions