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Do host species evolve a specific response to slave-making ants?

BACKGROUND: Social parasitism is an important selective pressure for social insect species. It is particularly the case for the hosts of dulotic (so called slave-making) ants, which pillage the brood of host colonies to increase the worker force of their own colony. Such raids can have an important...

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Autores principales: Delattre, Olivier, Blatrix, Rumsaïs, Châline, Nicolas, Chameron, Stéphane, Fédou, Anne, Leroy, Chloé, Jaisson, Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23276325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-9-38