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A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

Division of labor among workers is common in insect societies and is thought to be important in their ecological success. In most species, division of labor is based on age (temporal castes), but workers in some ants and termites show morphological specialization for particular tasks (physical caste...

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Hauptverfasser: Grüter, Christoph, Menezes, Cristiano, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L., Ratnieks, Francis L. W.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: National Academy of Sciences 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268333/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22232688
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1113398109
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