Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies

BACKGROUND: The brood of ants and other social insects is highly susceptible to pathogens, particularly those that penetrate the soft larval and pupal cuticle. We here test whether the presence of a pupal cocoon, which occurs in some ant species but not in others, affects the sanitary brood care and...

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Autores principales: Tragust, Simon, Ugelvig, Line V, Chapuisat, Michel, Heinze, Jürgen, Cremer, Sylvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24125481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-225

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24125481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-225

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