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The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus‐growing ants

The attine ants are a monophyletic lineage that switched to fungus farming ca. 55–60 MYA. They have become a model for the study of complex symbioses after additional fungal and bacterial symbionts were discovered, but their abdominal endosymbiotic bacteria remain largely unknown. Here, we present a...

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Autores principales: Sapountzis, Panagiotis, Nash, David R., Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6446810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30411820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14931