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Experimentally increased group diversity improves disease resistance in an ant species.

Ecology letters - 1 Jul 2008

Reber Anabelle, Castella Grégoire, Christe Philippe, Chapuisat Michel

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A leading hypothesis linking parasites to social evolution is that more genetically diverse social groups better resist parasites. Moreover, group diversity can encompass factors other than genetic variation that may also influence disease resistance. Here, we tested whether group diversity improved disease resistance in an ant species with natural variation in colony queen number. We formed experimental groups...

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PMID: 18371089
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01177.x

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