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Individual experience influences reconstruction of division of labour under colony disturbance in a queenless ant species

BACKGROUND: Division of labour (DOL) is ubiquitous across biological hierarchies. In eusocial insects, DOL is often characterized by age-related task allocation, but workers can flexibly change their tasks, allowing for DOL reconstruction in fluctuating environments. Behavioural change driven by ind...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Yasunari, Hojo, Masaru K., Shimoji, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35706054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-022-00466-9