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Animal personality aligns task specialization and task proficiency in a spider society

Colin M. Wright, C. Tate Holbrook, and Jonathan N. Pruitt
PNAS July 1, 2014 111 (26) 9533-9537; first published June 16, 2014; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1400850111
Colin M. Wright
aDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; and
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C. Tate Holbrook
bDepartment of Natural Sciences, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, GA 31520
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Jonathan N. Pruitt
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  1. Edited by Raghavendra Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and approved May 19, 2014 (received for review January 16, 2014)

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vol. 111 no. 26 9533-9537
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1400850111
PubMed: 
24979771

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue July 1, 2014.
  • Published first June 16, 2014.

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  1. Colin M. Wrighta,1,
  2. C. Tate Holbrookb, and
  3. Jonathan N. Pruitta
  1. aDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; and
  2. bDepartment of Natural Sciences, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, GA 31520
  1. Edited by Raghavendra Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and approved May 19, 2014 (received for review January 16, 2014)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cmw132{at}pitt.edu.
  • Author contributions: J.N.P. designed research; J.N.P. performed research; C.M.W. and C.T.H. analyzed data; and C.M.W. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

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