Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

Matthias Konrad; Meghan L. Vyleta; Fabian J. Theis; Miriam Stock; Simon Tragust; Martina Klatt; Verena Drescher; Carsten Marr; Line V. Ugelvig; Sylvia Cremer

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300

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Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

Matthias Konrad,

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Meghan L. Vyleta,

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Fabian J. Theis,

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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Miriam Stock,

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Simon Tragust,

Affiliations Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria, Evolution, Behaviour & Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Martina Klatt,

Affiliations Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria, Evolution, Behaviour & Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Verena Drescher,

Affiliation Evolution, Behaviour & Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Carsten Marr,

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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Line V. Ugelvig,

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Sylvia Cremer

* E-mail: sylvia.cremer@ist.ac.at

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

Matthias Konrad,
Meghan L. Vyleta,
Fabian J. Theis,
Miriam Stock,
Simon Tragust,
Martina Klatt,
Verena Drescher,
Carsten Marr,
Line V. Ugelvig,
Sylvia Cremer

Published: April 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300

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