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Queens stay, workers leave: caste-specific responses to fatal infections in an ant
BACKGROUND: The intense interactions among closely related individuals in animal societies provide perfect conditions for the spread of pathogens. Social insects have therefore evolved counter-measures on the cellular, individual, and social level to reduce the infection risk. One striking example i...
Autores principales: | Giehr, Julia, Heinze, Jürgen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307282/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30587108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1320-0 |
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