Aphid soldiers discriminate between soldiers and non-soldiers, rather than between kin and non-kin, in Ceratoglyphina bambusae

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Animal behaviour. ;42(5):865-866. doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80135-6

Aphid soldiers discriminate between soldiers and non-soldiers, rather than between kin and non-kin, in Ceratoglyphina bambusae Stern Lab

Aoki Shigeyuki, Kurosu Utako, Stern David

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Abstract

Examined kin discrimination and colony defense in soldier-producing aphids from the surface of 3 galls. Soldiers always attacked conspecific nonsoldiers, regardless of origin, and never attacked conspecific soldiers. Soldier attacks of nonsoldiers may exclude unrelated nonsoldier aphids from the gall where they would propagate and compete with resident aphids. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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Aphid soldiers discriminate between soldiers and non-soldiers, rather than between kin and non-kin, in Ceratoglyphina bambusae

Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

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