The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants

Fungus-growing ants gain access to nutrients stored in plant biomass through their association with a mutualistic fungus they grow for food. This 50 million-year-old obligate mutualism likely facilitated some of these species becoming dominant Neotropical herbivores that can achieve immense colony s...

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Autores principales: Aylward, Frank O., Currie, Cameron R., Suen, Garret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects3010041

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects3010041

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