Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: Social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-92

  Hamilton, Casey ^a,b   Lejeune, Brian T ^a   Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Prophylaxis; Social immunity; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79551482113     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0466     Document Type: Article

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