Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2015-05-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2015.0212PMID 25925100PMCID PMC4424645
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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