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Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Jul 2011

Rabeling Christian, Gonzales Omar, Schultz Ted R, Bacci Maurício, Garcia Marcos V B, Verhaagh Manfred, Ishak Heather D, Mueller Ulrich G

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Sex and recombination are central processes in life generating genetic diversity. Organisms that rely on asexual propagation risk extinction due to the loss of genetic diversity and the inability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. The fungus-growing ant species Mycocepurus smithii was...

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PMID: 21768368
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105467108
PMCID: PMC3145723

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