Organisational immunity in social insects

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Stroeymeyt, Nathalie ^a   Casillas Pérez, Barbara ^b   Cremer, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

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EID: 84924673609     PISSN: 22145745     EISSN: 22145753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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