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The Effect of Social Parasitism by Polyergus breviceps on the Nestmate Recognition System of Its Host, Formica altipetens.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2016

Torres Candice W, Tsutsui Neil D

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Highly social ants, bees and wasps employ sophisticated recognition systems to identify colony members and deny foreign individuals access to their nest. For ants, cuticular hydrocarbons serve as the labels used to ascertain nest membership. Social parasites, however, are capable of breaking the recognition code so that they can thrive unopposed within the colonies of their hosts. Here we examine the influence of...

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PMID: 26840394
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147498
PMCID: PMC4740506

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