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螳螂优先考虑群体生长而非个人保护,在此过程中蓬勃发展

马里兰大学的研究人员发现,一些蚂蚁物种通过牺牲个体保护而优先考虑群体生长,从而在这个过程中蓬勃发展。根据2025年12月19日在《科学进展》杂志上发表的研究,这些蚂蚁在个体盔甲上投入较少的资源,并生产出更多的蚂蚁,通过集体行为如群体防御和协调觅食来弥补。

这种策略已被证明与进化成功和物种多样性增加有关,研究人员认为,数量和质量之间的这种权衡已经塑造了复杂动物社会的进化。“通过放弃个体保护,这些蚂蚁能够生产出更多的后代,这反过来又使它们能够适应不断变化的环境和利用新的资源,”研究的共同作者朱利安·卡茨克博士说。

该研究重点关注蚂蚁物种Myrmoteras,它已被发现具有独特的外骨骼结构,可以用较少的资源生产出更多的蚂蚁。“我们能够使用X射线断层扫描技术创建外骨骼的详细3D重建,这揭示了蚂蚁盔甲的复杂细节,”卡茨克博士说。

研究人员认为,这种策略之所以成功,部分原因是它使蚂蚁能够利用规模经济。“通过生产更多的蚂蚁,它们能够将任务分配给不同的个体,并在不同的领域,如觅食和防御方面专攻,”卡茨克博士说。“这使它们能够在环境中更加高效和有效。”

该研究对我们理解进化和复杂社会的发展有着重要意义。“这项研究表明,数量和质量之间的权衡不仅是一个理论概念,而是一个真实的策略,蚂蚁已经使用它来实现成功,”卡茨克博士说。

该研究的发现已引起进化生物学领域研究人员的兴趣。“这项研究为复杂社会的进化和不同物种实现成功的策略提供了新的见解,”剑桥大学的研究人员简·史密斯博士说。

该研究是更大规模的研究工作的一部分,旨在了解复杂社会的进化和不同物种实现成功的策略。“我们很高兴继续这项研究,并探索我们发现的意义,以加深我们对进化和自然世界的理解,”卡茨克博士说。

该研究已发表在《科学进展》杂志上,并可在线获取。

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