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nestmate recognition

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004386

A discrimination behavior exhibited by social insects belonging to different colonies, mediated by odors, chemical signals, or pheromone differences between individual colony members.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004386
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsokin recognition; insect colonies; social insects
TranslationsSpanish: reconocimiento de compañeros de nido
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004386",
  "term": "nestmate recognition",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A discrimination behavior exhibited by social insects belonging to different colonies, mediated by odors, chemical signals, or pheromone differences between individual colony members.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "kin recognition",
    "insect colonies",
    "social insects"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "reconocimiento de compañeros de nido"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nestmate-recognition/"
}

Record 4,386 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.