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Population diversity in cuticular hydrocarbons and mtDNA in a mountain social wasp.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Jan 2015
Bonelli Mariaelena, Lorenzi Maria Cristina, Christidès Jean-Philippe, Dupont Simon, Bagnères Anne-Geneviève
Abstract excerpt
Nestmate recognition is a common phenomenon in social insects that typically is mediated by cuticular hydrocarbons. Geographical variation in cuticular hydrocarbons has been observed, although the pattern of variation is not consistent across species and is usually related to the biology and ecology of the different species. Polistes biglumis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is a social wasp that lives in high mountains...
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