Destructive Disinfection Of Infected Brood Prevents Systemic Disease Spread In Ant Colonies
C. D. Pull, L. V. Ugelvig, F. Wiesenhofer, S. Tragust, T. Schmitt, M. J. Brown, S. Cremer
The paper demonstrates that ants use destructive disinfection to prevent disease spread by targeting infected pupae and administering antimicrobial poison.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2017Evolutionary Biology