Social evolution: daily self-sacrifice by worker ants

Andrew F. G. Bourke

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.016

Social evolution: daily self-sacrifice by worker ants

Andrew F. G. Bourke

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Abstract

Each evening, a few workers of a Brazilian ant doom themselves to die overnight by remaining outside the next to seal its entrance. This strking behaviour is a novel form of worker self-sacrifice

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1100-1101
Number of pages	2
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.016
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2008

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