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Subterranean Termite Social Alarm and Hygienic Responses to Fungal Pathogens

In social insects, alerting nestmates to the presence of a pathogen should be critical for limiting its spread and initiating social mechanisms of defense. Here we show that subterranean termites use elevated vibratory alarm behavior to help prevent fatal fungal infections. The elevated alarm leads...

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Autores principales: Bulmer, Mark S., Franco, Bruno A., Fields, Edith G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31387197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10080240