Inter-caste communication in social insects

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 6-11

  Grüter, Christoph ^a,b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; INSECTA; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84955506544     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.01.002     Document Type: Review

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