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The Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Defenses Declines with Increasing Group Size and Genetic Similarity

2013-01-01

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ABSTBACT The secretion of cuticular antimicrobial compounds is an important defensive mechanism for social insects and recent studies have demonstrated their role in the evolution of sociality. However, the factors that might affect their production and effectiveness are not well understood. For example, natural variation in colony size and genetic diversity are predicted to influence susceptibility to disease and...

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Literature Corpus work: 19a80673-8576-58f1-989e-3c2577434873
DOI: 10.1603/an11187

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