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Comparative morphology of the postpharyngeal gland in the Philanthinae (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) and the evolution of an antimicrobial brood protection mechanism

BACKGROUND: Hymenoptera that mass-provision their offspring have evolved elaborate antimicrobial strategies to ward off fungal infestation of the highly nutritive larval food. Females of the Afro-European Philanthus triangulum and the South American Trachypus elongatus (Crabronidae, Philanthinae) em...

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Autores principales: Weiss, Katharina, Strohm, Erhard, Kaltenpoth, Martin, Herzner, Gudrun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26690740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0565-0

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