DISEASE RESISTANCE. “As an alternative explanation, increased genetic diversity among workers might easily arise as a means of improving overall resistance to disease. Such a correlation between genetic diversity and disease resistance has been found in colonies of the leaf-cutter Acromyrmex echinatior in the control of a virulent soil fungus.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022