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When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2006
Thomas Melissa L, Payne-Makrisâ Christine M, Suarez Andrew V, Tsutsui Neil D, Holway David A
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Some species of ants possess an unusual form of social organization in which aggression among nests is absent. This type of social organization, called unicoloniality, has been studied in only a handful of species and its evolutionary origins remain unclear. To date, no study has examined behavioural and genetic patterns at points of contact between the massive supercolonies that characterize unicoloniality....
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