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Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies

In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant Lasius neglectus, the negative consequences of fungal infections (Metarhizium brunneum) can be mitigated by employing an efficient multicomponent behaviour, t...

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Опубликовано в: :eLife
Главные авторы: Pull, Christopher D, Ugelvig, Line V, Wiesenhofer, Florian, Grasse, Anna V, Tragust, Simon, Schmitt, Thomas, Brown, Mark JF, Cremer, Sylvia
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
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Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760203/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310753
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073
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