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under revision: \r\nDynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective
hygiene in ants\r\nCasillas-Pérez B, Boďová K, Grasse AV, Tkačik G, Cremer S"
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acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Research Council
(ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(Grant No. 771402; EPIDEMICSonCHIP) to SC, from the Scientific Grant Agency of the
Slovak Republic (Grant No. 1/0521/20) to KB, and the Human Frontier Science Program
(Grant No. RGP0065/2012) to GT.
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ama: 'Cremer S. Data from: “Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape
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apa: 'Cremer, S. (2023). Data from: “Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback
shape collective hygiene in ants” . Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945'
chicago: 'Cremer, Sylvia. “Data from: ‘Dynamic Pathogen Detection and Social Feedback
Shape Collective Hygiene in Ants’ .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.'
ieee: 'S. Cremer, “Data from: ‘Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape
collective hygiene in ants’ .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
ista: 'Cremer S. 2023. Data from: ‘Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback
shape collective hygiene in ants’ , Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.'
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Shape Collective Hygiene in Ants” . Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.'
short: S. Cremer, (2023).
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- social insects
- probabilistic modeling
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text: "Social insect colonies tend to have numerous members which function together
like a single organism in such harmony that the term ``super-organism'' is often
used. In this analogy the reproductive caste is analogous to the primordial germ\r\ncells
of a metazoan, while the sterile worker caste corresponds to somatic cells. The
worker castes, like tissues, are\r\nin charge of all functions of a living being,
besides reproduction. The establishment of new super-organismal units\r\n(i.e.
new colonies) is accomplished by the co-dependent castes. The term oftentimes
goes beyond a metaphor. We invoke it when we speak about the metabolic rate, thermoregulation,
nutrient regulation and gas exchange of a social insect colony. Furthermore, we
assert that the super-organism has an immune system, and benefits from ``social
immunity''.\r\n\r\nSocial immunity was first summoned by evolutionary biologists
to resolve the apparent discrepancy between the expected high frequency of disease
outbreak amongst numerous, closely related tightly-interacting hosts, living in
stable and microbially-rich environments, against the exceptionally scarce epidemic
accounts in natural populations. Social\r\nimmunity comprises a multi-layer assembly
of behaviours which have evolved to effectively keep the pathogenic enemies of
a colony at bay. The field of social immunity has drawn interest, as it becomes
increasingly urgent to stop\r\nthe collapse of pollinator species and curb the
growth of invasive pests. In the past decade, several mechanisms of\r\nsocial
immune responses have been dissected, but many more questions remain open.\r\n\r\nI
present my work in two experimental chapters. In the first, I use invasive garden
ants (*Lasius neglectus*) to study how pathogen load and its distribution among
nestmates affect the grooming response of the group. Any given group of ants will
carry out the same total grooming work, but will direct their grooming effort
towards individuals\r\ncarrying a relatively higher spore load. Contrary to expectation,
the highest risk of transmission does not stem from grooming highly contaminated
ants, but instead, we suggest that the grooming response likely minimizes spore
loss to the environment, reducing contamination from inadvertent pickup from the
substrate.\r\n\r\nThe second is a comparative developmental approach. I follow
black garden ant queens (*Lasius niger*) and their colonies from mating flight,
through hibernation for a year. Colonies which grow fast from the start, have
a lower chance of survival through hibernation, and those which survive grow at
a lower pace later. This is true for colonies of naive\r\nand challenged queens.
Early pathogen exposure of the queens changes colony dynamics in an unexpected
way: colonies from exposed queens are more likely to grow slowly and recover in
numbers only after they survive hibernation.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the two experimental
chapters, this thesis includes a co-authored published review on organisational\r\nimmunity,
where we enlist the experimental evidence and theoretical framework on which this
hypothesis is built,\r\nidentify the caveats and underline how the field is ripe
to overcome them. In a final chapter, I describe my part in\r\ntwo collaborative
efforts, one to develop an image-based tracker, and the second to develop a classifier
for ant\r\nbehaviour."
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