Literature DB >> 20144768

Social evolution: sick ants face death alone.

Michel Chapuisat1.   

Abstract

Social insects not only live altruistically, they die so: a new study reveals that moribund ants abandon their nests to die in seclusion, which reduces the risk of transmitting diseases to relatives.

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Year:  2010        PMID： 20144768     DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.037

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN： 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


  4 in total

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Authors:  Kaitlyn A Mathis; Neil D Tsutsui
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2016-08-17       Impact factor: 5.349

2.  Wound treatment and selective help in a termite-hunting ant.

Authors:  Erik T Frank; Marten Wehrhahn; K Eduard Linsenmair
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2018-02-14       Impact factor: 5.349

Review 3.  Corpse management in social insects.

Authors:  Qian Sun; Xuguo Zhou
Journal:  Int J Biol Sci       Date:  2013-03-22       Impact factor: 6.580

4.  Within the fortress: A specialized parasite is not discriminated against in a social insect society.

Authors:  Emilia Solá Gracia; Charissa de Bekker; Ephraim M Hanks; David P Hughes
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2018-02-23       Impact factor: 3.240
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