Oral transfer of chemical cues, growth proteins and hormones in social insects
Social insects frequently engage in oral fluid exchange – trophallaxis – between adults, and between adults and larvae. Although trophallaxis is widely considered a food-sharing mechanism, we hypothesized that endogenous components of this fluid might underlie a novel means of chemical communication...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/20375 |
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