Low levels of nestmate discrimination despite high genetic differentiation in the invasive pharaoh ant

BACKGROUND: Ants typically distinguish nestmates from non-nestmates based on the perception of colony-specific chemicals, particularly cuticular hydrocarbons present on the surface of the ants' exoskeleton. These recognition cues are believed to play an important role in the formation of vast s...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, Anna M, d'Ettorre, Patrizia, Pedersen, Jes S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20591186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20591186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-20

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