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Alate susceptibility in ants

Pathogens are predicted to pose a particular threat to eusocial insects because infections can spread rapidly in colonies with high densities of closely related individuals. In ants, there are two major castes: workers and reproductives. Sterile workers receive no direct benefit from investing in im...

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Autores principales: Ho, Eddie K H, Frederickson, Megan E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25540683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1291