The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle

Leaf-cutter ants are one of the most important herbivorous insects in the Neotropics, harvesting vast quantities of fresh leaf material. The ants use leaves to cultivate a fungus that serves as the colony's primary food source. This obligate ant-fungus mutualism is one of the few occurrences of...

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Autores principales: Suen, Garret, Teiling, Clotilde, Li, Lewyn, Holt, Carson, Abouheif, Ehab, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Bouffard, Pascal, Caldera, Eric J., Cash, Elizabeth, Cavanaugh, Amy, Denas, Olgert, Elhaik, Eran, Favé, Marie-Julie, Gadau, Jürgen, Gibson, Joshua D., Graur, Dan, Grubbs, Kirk J., Hagen, Darren E., Harkins, Timothy T., Helmkampf, Martin, Hu, Hao, Johnson, Brian R., Kim, Jay, Marsh, Sarah E., Moeller, Joseph A., Muñoz-Torres, Mónica C., Murphy, Marguerite C., Naughton, Meredith C., Nigam, Surabhi, Overson, Rick, Rajakumar, Rajendhran, Reese, Justin T., Scott, Jarrod J., Smith, Chris R., Tao, Shu, Tsutsui, Neil D., Viljakainen, Lumi, Wissler, Lothar, Yandell, Mark D., Zimmer, Fabian, Taylor, James, Slater, Steven C., Clifton, Sandra W., Warren, Wesley C., Elsik, Christine G., Smith, Christopher D., Weinstock, George M., Gerardo, Nicole M., Currie, Cameron R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007

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