Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies

BACKGROUND: Social insects maintain the integrity of their societies by discriminating between colony members and foreigners through cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) signatures. Nevertheless, parasites frequently get access to social resources, for example through mimicry of host CHCs among other mechani...

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Autores principales: von Beeren, Christoph, Schulz, Stefan, Hashim, Rosli, Witte, Volker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22133503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22133503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-30

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