Chemical discrimination and aggressiveness via cuticular hydrocarbons in a supercolony-forming ant, Formica yessensis.

Chemical discrimination and aggressiveness via cuticular hydrocarbons in a supercolony-forming ant, Formica yessensis.

Territorial boundaries between conspecific social insect colonies are maintained through nestmate recognition systems. However, in supercolony-forming ants, which have developed an extraordinary social organization style known as unicoloniality, a single supercolony extends across large geographic d...

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Main Authors: Midori Kidokoro-Kobayashi, Misako Iwakura, Nao Fujiwara-Tsujii, Shingo Fujiwara, Midori Sakura, Hironori Sakamoto, Seigo Higashi, Abraham Hefetz, Mamiko Ozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480379?pdf=render

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