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Behaviour and disease in clonal ant colonies
Termin:
Mo, 15.05.2023 - 17:15 Uhr
Treffpunkt:
https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/66476140485?pwd=NENhVUZqNWROQUgwUzkxV3hYZVRoQT09
Veranstaltungsart:
Vortrag
Veranstaltungsreihe:
Biologisches/Evolutionsbiologisches Kolloquium
Zielgruppe:
Erwachsene
Vortragende / Vortragender:
Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI Jena
Group-living is a widespread strategy that comes with particular costs and benefits. For example, it allows for division of labour between group members, which can improve efficiency, but it also increases the risk of disease outbreaks. I will describe recent work on the emergence and regulation of division of labour, as well as ongoing work on the link between social organisation and infection dynamics in an experimentally accessible social insect, the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi