Immune-Priming in ant larvae: Social immunity does not undermine individual immunity

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a   Malak, Tanya ^a   MacKintosh, Christopher ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus pennsylvanicus; Individual versus social immunity; Social insects

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HERD IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOCIAL IMMUNITY; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECTS;

CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOCIAL IMMUNITY; SOCIAL INSECTS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, HERD; LARVA; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891903987     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0563     Document Type: Article

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