Within-colony genetic diversity differentially affects foraging, nest maintenance, and aggression in two species of harvester ants

There is accumulating evidence that genetic diversity improves the behavioral performance and consequently the fitness in groups of social animals. We examined the behavioral performance of colonies of two co-occurring, congeneric harvester ant species (Messor arenarius and a non-described Messor sp...

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Autores principales: Saar, Maya, Eyer, Pierre-André, Kilon-Kallner, Tal, Hefetz, Abraham, Scharf, Inon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30217995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32064-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30217995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32064-3

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