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Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees

The significant risk of disease transmission has selected for effective immune-defense strategies in insect societies. Division of labour, with individuals specialized in immunity-related tasks, strongly contributes to prevent the spread of diseases. A trade-off, however, may exist between phenotypi...

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Autores principales: Cini, Alessandro, Bordoni, Adele, Cappa, Federico, Petrocelli, Iacopo, Pitzalis, Martina, Iovinella, Immacolata, Dani, Francesca Romana, Turillazzi, Stefano, Cervo, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32488140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65780-w