The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 780-787

  Armitage, Sophie A O ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex octospinosus; Cuticular colour; Immunosenescence; Phenoloxidase; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANT; BIOASSAY; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; FUNGAL DISEASE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SELECTION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954852733     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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