If you happen to see termites engaging in courtship rituals, you’d be hard-pressed to spot the difference between opposite-sex and same-sex couples. That’s because one of the termites in a same-sex couple changes its behavior to act like the opposite sex. This “sex role flexibility” is crucial for the evolution and maintenance of same-sex pairs, reports a new study published in PNAS on November 8, 2022.
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Source: Phys.org