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Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming

BACKGROUND: Fungus farming is an unusual life style in insects that has evolved many times in the wood boring weevils named ‘ambrosia beetles’. Multiple occurrences of this behaviour allow for a detailed comparison of the different origins of fungus farming through time, its directionality, and poss...

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Autores principales: Jordal, Bjarte H, Cognato, Anthony I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22852794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-133