Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: A cross-fostering approach

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1791-1799

  Armitage, Sophie A O ^a,c   Broch, Jens F ^a   Marín, Hermogenes Fernández ^a,b   Nash, David R ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex echinatior; Antibacterial activity; Cross fostering; Ecological immunology; Metapleural gland; Pseudonocardia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLONY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MUTUALISM; PATHOGEN; SOCIAL INSECT; TRADE-OFF; WORKER CASTE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; ANTS; FUNGI; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PANAMA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PSEUDONOCARDIA;

EID: 79958023682     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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