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Evolutionary transitions in enzyme activity of ant fungus gardens.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2010

De Fine Licht Henrik H, Schiøtt Morten, Mueller Ulrich G, Boomsma Jacobus J

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Fungus-growing (attine) ants and their fungal symbionts passed through several evolutionary transitions during their 50 million year old evolutionary history. The basal attine lineages often shifted between two main cultivar clades, whereas the derived higher-attine lineages maintained an association with a monophyletic clade of specialized symbionts. In conjunction with the transition to specialized symbionts,...

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PMID: 20067517
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00948.x

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