A social insect fertility signal is dependent on chemical context
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A social insect fertility signal is dependent on chemical context.
Identifying group members and individuals' status within a group are fundamental tasks in animal societies. For ants, this information is coded in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile. We manipulated profiles of the ant Odontomachus brunneus to examine whether the releaser and primer effects of fertility signals are dependent on chemical context. Fertility status is signalled through increased abu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0947