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Disease in the Society: Infectious Cadavers Result in Collapse of Ant Sub-Colonies

Despite the growing number of experimental studies on mechanisms of social immunity in ant societies, little is known about how social behavior relates to disease progression within the nests of ants. In fact, when empirically studying disease in ant societies, it is common to remove dead ants from...

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Autores principales: Loreto, Raquel G., Hughes, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160820

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