Behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies

Abstract In social groups, infection risk is not distributed evenly across individuals. Individual behaviour is a key source of variation in infection risk, yet its effects are difficult to separate from other factors (e.g., age). Here, we combine epidemiological experiments with chemical, transcrip...

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Main Authors: Zimai Li, Bhoomika Bhat, Erik T. Frank, Thalita Oliveira-Honorato, Fumika Azuma, Valérie Bachmann, Darren J. Parker, Thomas Schmitt, Evan P. Economo, Yuko Ulrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40983-7