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No evidence for social immunity in co-founding queen associations

Ant queens often associate to found new colonies, yet the benefits of this behaviour remain unclear. A major hypothesis is that queens founding in groups are protected by social immunity and can better resist disease than solitary queens, due to mutual grooming, sharing of antimicrobials, or higher...

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Autori principali: Brütsch, Timothée, Avril, Amaury, Chapuisat, Michel
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701228/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176649
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16368-4
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