@cyrilpedia "Oof, there are so many…... I was in Central Park with my family when the student and research assistant on the project sent me a screenshot of a chromatogram showing an altered DNA sequence. They then proceeded to knock out orco, a gene important for an insect’s sense of smell. The knockout ants were completely asocial—they couldn’t perceive their nestmates’ pheromones anymore." Day in the life of 🖤.