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Non-lethal fungal infection could reduce aggression towards strangers in ants

Many parasites interfere with the behaviour of their hosts. In social animals, such as ants, parasitic interference can cause changes on the level of the individual and also on the level of the society. The ant-parasitic fungus Rickia wasmannii influences the behaviour of Myrmica ants by expanding t...

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Autores principales: Csata, Enikő, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Ruther, Joachim, Bernadou, Abel, Heinze, Jürgen, Markó, Bálint
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36797462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04541-7