Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers

Leafcutter ants farm a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) that converts inedible vegetation into food that sustains colonies with up to millions of workers. Analogous to edible fruits of crops domesticated by humans, L. gongylophorus has evolved specialized nutritional rewards—swollen hyp...

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Autores principales: Leal-Dutra, Caio Ambrosio, Yuen, Lok Man, Guedes, Bruno Augusto Maciel, Contreras-Serrano, Marta, Marques, Pedro Elias, Shik, Jonathan Zvi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37715276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43008-023-00126-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37715276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43008-023-00126-5

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