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A Brazilian Population of the Asexual Fungus-Growing Ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) Cultivates Fungal Symbionts with Gongylidia-Like Structures
Attine ants cultivate fungi as their most important food source and in turn the fungus is nourished, protected against harmful microorganisms, and dispersed by the ants. This symbiosis evolved approximately 50–60 million years ago in the late Paleocene or early Eocene, and since its origin attine an...
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Accesso online: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125159/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25101899 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103800 |
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