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Defending against parasites: fungus-growing ants combine specialized behaviours and microbial symbionts to protect their fungus gardens

Parasites influence host biology and population structure, and thus shape the evolution of their hosts. Parasites often accelerate the evolution of host defences, including direct defences such as evasion and sanitation and indirect defences such as the management of beneficial microbes that aid in...

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Main Authors: Little, Ainslie E.F, Murakami, Takahiro, Mueller, Ulrich G, Currie, Cameron R
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2005
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617182/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148313
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0371
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