Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants.

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Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2017

Mueller Ulrich G, Ishak Heather D, Bruschi Sofia M, Smith Chad C, Herman Jacob J, Solomon Scott E, Mikheyev Alexander S, Rabeling Christian, Scott Jarrod J, Cooper Michael, Rodrigues Andre, Ortiz Adriana, Brandão Carlos R F, Lattke John E, Pagnocca Fernando C, Rehner Stephen A, Schultz Ted R, Vasconcelos Heraldo L, Adams Rachelle M M, Bollazzi Martin, Clark Rebecca M, Himler Anna G, LaPolla John S, Leal Inara R, Johnson Robert A, Roces Flavio, Sosa-Calvo Jeffrey, Wirth Rainer, Bacci Maurício

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Leafcutter ants propagate co-evolving fungi for food. The nearly 50 species of leafcutter ants (Atta, Acromyrmex) range from Argentina to the United States, with the greatest species diversity in southern South America. We elucidate the biogeography of fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants using DNA sequence and microsatellite-marker analyses of 474 cultivars collected across the leafcutter range. Fungal cultivars...

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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14431

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