Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 672-677

  Hughes, David P ^a,b,c   Pierce, Naomi E ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION; SYMBIONT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOPTERA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 55249101182     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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