Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1695, 2010, Pages 2821-2828

  Ugelvig, Line V ^a,c   Kronauer, Daniel J C ^b   Schrempf, Alexandra ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Cremer, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiocondyla ants; Grooming; Hygienic behaviour; Inbreeding; Metarhizium fungi; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD REARING; COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GROOMING; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; PATHOGEN; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPORE; WORKER CASTE;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 77956923484     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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