Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies

In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant Lasius neglectus, the negative consequences of fungal infections (Metarhizium brunneum) can be mitigated by employing an efficient multicomponent behaviour, t...

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Autores principales: Pull, Christopher D, Ugelvig, Line V, Wiesenhofer, Florian, Grasse, Anna V, Tragust, Simon, Schmitt, Thomas, Brown, Mark JF, Cremer, Sylvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073

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