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Michaela Hoenigsberger

Institute of Science and Technology AustriaORCID 0000-0002-5749-9784Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Anna V. GrasseiD· 1 shared Erika H. DawsoniD· 1 shared Farnaz Beikzadeh· 1 shared Florian Strahodinsky· 1 shared Hanna Leitner· 1 shared Harikrishnan RajendraniD· 1 shared Jennifer Robb· 1 shared Lukas LindorferiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 1/yr

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Altruistic disease signalling in ant colonies

Erika H. Dawson, Michaela Hoenigsberger, Niklas Kampleitner, Anna V. Grasse, Lukas Lindorfer, Jennifer Robb, Farnaz Beikzadeh, Florian Strahodinsky, Hanna Leitner, Harikrishnan Rajendran, Thomas Schmitt, Sylvia Cremer

The paper shows that infected ant pupae emit chemical signals to trigger their own destruction by colony members, with worker pupae doing so due to weaker immunity compared to queen pupae.

Nature Communications · Dec 2, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition