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SUBMITTER: Waters JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3398002 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Waters James S JS Fewell Jennifer H JH
PloS one 20120716 7
Investigating local-scale interactions within a network makes it possible to test hypotheses about the mechanisms of global network connectivity and to ask whether there are general rules underlying network function across systems. Here we use motif analysis to determine whether the interactions within social insect colonies resemble the patterns exhibited by other animal associations or if they exhibit characteristics of biological regulatory systems. Colonies exhibit a predominance of feed-for ...[more]