Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

BACKGROUND: Parasites that manipulate host behavior can provide prominent examples of extended phenotypes: parasite genomes controlling host behavior. Here we focus on one of the most dramatic examples of behavioral manipulation, the death grip of ants infected by Ophiocordyceps fungi. We studied th...

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Autores principales: Hughes, David P, Andersen, Sandra B, Hywel-Jones, Nigel L, Himaman, Winanda, Billen, Johan, Boomsma, Jacobus J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21554670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21554670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-13

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