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. 2005 Mar 8;15(5):R163-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.040.

Evolutionary ecology: wasp mother's little helpers

Jacobus J Boomsma  1 , Duur K Aanen
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Evolutionary ecology: wasp mother's little helpers

Jacobus J Boomsma et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The medical application of antibiotics dramatically reduced human infant mortality in the previous century. A new study indicates that ground nesting wasps exploit Streptomyces strains that they rear in their antennae for the same purpose.

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