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Host specificity of parasite manipulation: Zombie ant death location in Thailand vs. Brazil

Recently we presented how Camponotus ants in Thailand infected with the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis are behaviorally manipulated into dying where the conditions are optimal for fungal development. Death incurred in a very narrow zone of space and here we compare this highly specific manipulat...

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Autores principales: Andersen, Sandra, Hughes, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808322
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.18712