Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour
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DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4
Abstract: BackgroundSocial insects form densely crowded societies in environments with high pathogen loads, but have evolved collective defences that mitigate the impact of disease. However, colony-founding queens lack this protection and suffer high rates of mortality.… read more here.
Keywords: undertaking; prevent disease; ant queens; disease ... See more keywords