According to eScience Commons, Emory University researchers are tapping the latest-generation DNA sequencing technology to become the first explorers of the genomics of agricultural ant societies:
“This project is one of the first attempts to use genomics to understand a complex interacting system, rather than a single organism,” says Nicole Gerardo, assistant professor of biology and lead investigator of the project.
“If we can understand how these ants have evolved to process huge amounts of organic material over 50 million years, we might discover more efficient ways to process our own waste materials, produce bio-fuels, or improve our agricultural methods.”
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