Cuticular Hydrocarbons Reliably Identify Cheaters and Allow Enforcement of Altruism in a Social Insect

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-81

  Smith, Adrian A ^a   Hölldober, Bert ^a,b   Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER COCKERELLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149268964     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.059     Document Type: Article

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