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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...
Autores principales: | Hughes, David P, Andersen, Sandra B, Hywel-Jones, Nigel L, Himaman, Winanda, Billen, Johan, Boomsma, Jacobus J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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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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