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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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Autores principales: Cooney, Feargus, Vitikainen, Emma I. K., Marshall, Harry H., van Rooyen, Wilmie, Smith, Robert L., Cant, Michael A., Goodey, Nicole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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