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Task allocation in a cooperative society: specialized castes or age-dependent switching among ant workers
Some ant species have multiple worker castes that differ in body size; workers in one caste remain in the colony and those in the other forage outside the colony (caste polyethism). In other species, all workers engage in both tasks, but the younger workers remain in the colony and the older workers...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7039887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32094370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59920-5 |