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Distributed nestmate recognition in ants

We propose a distributed model of nestmate recognition, analogous to the one used by the vertebrate immune system, in which colony response results from the diverse reactions of many ants. The model describes how individual behaviour produces colony response to non-nestmates. No single ant knows the...

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Autores principales: Esponda, Fernando, Gordon, Deborah M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25833853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2838