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_id: '3904'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Social organisms are constantly exposed to infectious agents via physical
contact with conspecifics. While previous work has shown that disease susceptibility
at the individual and group level is influenced by gen- etic diversity within
and between group members, it remains poorly understood how group-level resistance
to pathogens relates directly to individual physiology, defence behaviour and
social interactions. We investigated the effects of high versus low genetic diversity
on both the individual and collective disease defences in the ant Cardiocondyla
obscurior. We compared the antiseptic behaviours (grooming and hygienic behaviour)
of workers from genetically homogeneous and diverse colonies after exposure of
their brood to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. While workers
from diverse colonies performed intensive allogrooming and quickly removed larvae
covered with live fungal spores from the nest, workers from homogeneous colonies
only removed sick larvae late after infection. This difference was not caused
by a reduced repertoire of antiseptic behaviours or a generally decreased brood
care activity in ants from homogeneous colonies. Our data instead suggest that
reduced genetic diversity compromises the ability of Cardiocondyla colonies to
quickly detect or react to the presence of pathogenic fungal spores before an
infection is established, thereby affecting the dynamics of social immunity in
the colony.
author:
- first_name: Line V
full_name: Ugelvig, Line V
id: 3DC97C8E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ugelvig
orcid: 0000-0003-1832-8883
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Kronauer, Daniel
last_name: Kronauer
- first_name: Alexandra
full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra
last_name: Schrempf
- first_name: Jürgen
full_name: Heinze, Jürgen
last_name: Heinze
- first_name: Sylvia
full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Cremer
orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
citation:
ama: Ugelvig LV, Kronauer D, Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. Rapid anti-pathogen
response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity. Proceedings of
the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 2010;277(1695):2821-2828.
doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0644
apa: Ugelvig, L. V., Kronauer, D., Schrempf, A., Heinze, J., & Cremer, S. (2010).
Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences.
Royal Society, The. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0644
chicago: Ugelvig, Line V, Daniel Kronauer, Alexandra Schrempf, Jürgen Heinze, and
Sylvia Cremer. “Rapid Anti-Pathogen Response in Ant Societies Relies on High Genetic
Diversity.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological
Sciences. Royal Society, The, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0644.
ieee: L. V. Ugelvig, D. Kronauer, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, and S. Cremer, “Rapid
anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity,” Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no.
1695. Royal Society, The, pp. 2821–2828, 2010.
ista: Ugelvig LV, Kronauer D, Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2010. Rapid anti-pathogen
response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 277(1695), 2821–2828.
mla: Ugelvig, Line V., et al. “Rapid Anti-Pathogen Response in Ant Societies Relies
on High Genetic Diversity.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series
B Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1695, Royal Society, The, 2010, pp. 2821–28,
doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0644.
short: L.V. Ugelvig, D. Kronauer, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 277 (2010) 2821–2828.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:48Z
date_published: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:53:05Z
day: '05'
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0644
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 277'
issue: '1695'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981995/
month: '05'
oa: 1
oa_version: None
page: 2821 - 2828
publication: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences
publication_status: published
publisher: Royal Society, The
publist_id: '2251'
status: public
title: Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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