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Azteca ant colonies move the same way leopards' spots form

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-12-12

What could Azteca ants in coffee farms in Mexico have in common with leopards' spots and zebras' stripes?After two decades of analyzing the rise, spread and collapse of Azteca ant colonies in a coffee farm in Mexico, University of Michigan researchers have proven that the ant distributions follow a pattern named after chemist Alan Turing, who first described it in 1952, that is said to explain leopards' spots and other patterns in nature.

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