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The Life of a Dead Ant: The Expression of an Adaptive Extended Phenotype

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Morphological, Molecular, and Phylogenetic Characterization ofNosema ceranae, a Microsporidian Parasite Isolated from the European Honey Bee,Apis mellifera

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Common strategies for antigenic variation by bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens

(2009) Kirk W. Deitsch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study

(2009) Dennis vanEngelsdorp et al.   PLoS One

Changes in transcript abundance relating to colony collapse disorder in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

(2009) R. M. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic Analyses of the Microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an Emergent Pathogen of Honey Bees

(2009) R. Scott Cornman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Preemptive Defensive Self‐Sacrifice by Ant Workers

(2008) Adam Tofilski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Structure of the social network and its influence on transmission dynamics in a honeybee colony

(2008) Dhruba Naug   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Modulation of social interactions by immune stimulation in honey bee, Apis mellifera, workers

(2008) F-J Richard et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Age, caste, and behavior determine the replicative activity of intestinal stem cells in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2008) Kristen N. Ward et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity

(2008) S. Cremer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES