摘要
Dear editor,Polymorphism refers to two or more clearly different phenotypes coexisting in the population of a species. It has been observed and studied among ants, bees, wasps, termites,dung beetles and stag beetles (Trible and Kronauer, 2017;Zhao et al., 2019). Size and shape variation of these holometabolic insects, especially ants, usually happen in larval development rather than adult stage.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31730087, 41688103 and 31872277)
the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-17R75)
the Support Project of High-level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities in the Period of 13th Five-year Plan (IDHT20180518)
the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (5182004)。
