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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2012
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| 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 |