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Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta

Distinguishing nest-mates from non-nest-mates underlies key animal behaviours, such as territoriality, altruism and the evolution of sociality. Despite its importance, there is very little empirical support for such a mechanism in nature. Here we provide data that the nest-mate recognition mechanism...

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Main Authors: Martin, Stephen J, Vitikainen, Emma, Helanterä, Heikki, Drijfhout, Falko P
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: The Royal Society 2008
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602672/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18319215
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1708
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