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Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour
BACKGROUND: Social insects form densely crowded societies in environments with high pathogen loads, but have evolved collective defences that mitigate the impact of disease. However, colony-founding queens lack this protection and suffer high rates of mortality. The impact of pathogens may be exacer...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29025392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4 |