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Feces production as a form of social immunity in an insect with facultative maternal care
BACKGROUND: Social animals have the unique capability of mounting social defenses against pathogens. Over the last decades, social immunity has been extensively studied in species with obligatory and permanent forms of social life. However, its occurrence in less derived social systems and thus its...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0330-4 |