Queen and worker ants Queen and worker ants develop from the same sets of genes, but end up being structurally, behaviourally, and functionally different. Date: 18 March 2016 Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Download full-resolution image Share on: