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The Antibacterial Protein Lysozyme Identified as the Termite Egg Recognition Pheromone
Social insects rely heavily on pheromone communication to maintain their sociality. Egg protection is one of the most fundamental social behaviours in social insects. The recent discovery of the termite-egg mimicking fungus ‘termite-ball’ and subsequent studies on termite egg protection behaviour ha...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17726543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000813 |