Neuroanatomical and neurochemical correlates of senescence and social role in the ant Pheidole dentata
Sociality shapes patterns of senescence, evidenced by the remarkable lifespan plasticity of social insect queens and workers. Ants, exemplars of eusociality, provide diverse systems to explore the sociobiology of senescence by examining how sterile workers partition colony labor over their lifespan...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15288 |