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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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| Publicado en: | Insects |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Artigo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglês |
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MDPI
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553616/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467948 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects3010041 |
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