Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
In social insects, group behaviour can increase disease resistance among nest-mates and generate social prophylaxis. Stomodeal trophallaxis, or mutual feeding through regurgitation, may boost colony-level immunocompetence. We provide evidence for increased trophallactic behaviour among immunized workers of the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus, which, together with increased antimicrobial...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0466