Retschnig, Gina; Williams, Geoffrey R.; Mehmann, Marion M.; Yanez, Orlando; De Miranda, Joachim R.; Neumann, Peter
(Public Library of Science, 2014-01-17)
Sex-related differences in susceptibility to pathogens are a common phenomenon in animals. In the eusocial Hymenoptera
the two female castes, workers and queens, are diploid and males are haploid. The haploid susceptibility ...