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Lack of aggression and apparent altruism towards intruders in a primitive termite
In eusocial insects, the ability to discriminate nest-mates from non-nest-mates is widespread and ensures that altruistic actions are directed towards kin and agonistic actions are directed towards non-relatives. Most tests of nest-mate recognition have focused on hymenopterans, and suggest that coo...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5180156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160682 |