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Within the fortress: A specialized parasite is not discriminated against in a social insect society

Social insect colonies function cohesively due, in part, to altruistic behaviors performed towards related individuals. These colonies can be affected by parasites in two distinct ways, either at the level of the individual or the entire colony. As such, colonies of social insects can experience con...

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Autores principales: Solá Gracia, Emilia, de Bekker, Charissa, Hanks, Ephraim M., Hughes, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29474472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193536