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Did aculeate silk evolve as an antifouling material?

Many of the challenges we currently face as an advanced society have been solved in unique ways by biological systems. One such challenge is developing strategies to avoid microbial infection. Social aculeates (wasps, bees and ants) mitigate the risk of infection to their colonies using a wide range...

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Autores principales: Sutherland, Tara D., Sriskantha, Alagacone, Rapson, Trevor D., Kaehler, Benjamin D., Huttley, Gavin A.
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/PMC6150510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30240428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203948