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Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care

Matthias Konrad, Christopher D. Pull, Sina Metzler, Katharina Seif, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Anna V. Grasse and Sylvia Cremer
PNAS March 13, 2018. 115 (11) 2782-2787; published ahead of print February 20, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713501115
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Matthias Konrad, Christopher D. Pull, Sina Metzler, Katharina Seif, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Anna V. Grasse, Sylvia Cremer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Mar 2018, 115 (11) 2782-2787; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713501115

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