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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
Suggests that signaling genetic similarity may act as a way to set up a feedback loop favoring social cooperation.https://t.co/vTEFAAYZ6P https://t.co/5o5w0S5rFR


UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"Spider butt bros" - do social spiders lay anti-ant pheromones in a way similar to feeding? https://t.co/KWwdteEl1Chttps://t.co/Lc24ccsGTn https://t.co/YbBjplCUov


UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Ant predation & resource availability (rainfall = more food?) is a factor in success of subsocial colonies. [2017]https://t.co/yzCOCtvky7 https://t.co/eK9RzB88EM


UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape
(previous tweet was a paper with a direct reference chain to the one from 2011 on spider silk, via https://t.co/WdoKo75fDp )