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No evidence for social immunity in co-founding queen associations
Ant queens often associate to found new colonies, yet the benefits of this behaviour remain unclear. A major hypothesis is that queens founding in groups are protected by social immunity and can better resist disease than solitary queens, due to mutual grooming, sharing of antimicrobials, or higher...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16368-4 |