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Colony fusion in Argentine ants is guided by worker and queen cuticular hydrocarbon profile similarity.

Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Aug 2009

Vásquez Gissella M, Schal Coby, Silverman Jules

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Introduced populations of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, have experienced moderate to severe losses of genetic diversity, which may have affected nestmate recognition to various degrees. We hypothesized that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) serve as nestmate recognition cues, and facilitate colony fusion of unrelated L. humile colonies that share similar CHC profiles. In this study, we paired six southeastern...

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PMID: 19609617
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9656-y

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