Are queen ants inhibited by their own pheromone? Regulation of productivity via negative feedback
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2012
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Holman, Luke
Leroy, Chloe
Jorgensen, Charlotte
Nielsen, John
d'Ettorre, Patrizia
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Social organisms have evolved diverse and complex regulatory mechanisms that allow them to coordinate group-level functions. Signals and cues produced by other group members facilitate assessment of the group's current state, allowing the receiver to adju
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Keywords: ant; behavioral response; colony; cuticle; fecundity; hydrocarbon; inhibition; larva; pheromone; physiology; queen; signal; social insect; worker caste; Formicidae; Hexapoda; Lasius niger Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signal; Larvae; Lasius niger; Social physiology
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Behavioral Ecology
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