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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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BioMed Central
2010
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| 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 |