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Glandular Epithelium as a Possible Source of a Fertility Signal in Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Queens

The wax layer covering the insect's cuticle plays an important protective role, as for example, uncontrolled water loss. In social insects, wax production is well-known in some bees that use it for nest building. Curiously, mated-fertile queens of the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum produce an uncom...

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Hauptverfasser: da Hora, Riviane Rodigues, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles, dos Santos, Carolina Gonçalves, Serrão, José Eduardo
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2010
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856672/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20419093
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010219
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