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Genomic Signatures of Domestication in a Fungus Obligately Farmed by Leafcutter Ants

2024-07-04

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The naturally selected fungal crop ( Leucoagaricus gongylophorus ) farmed by leafcutter ants shows striking parallels with artificially selected plant crops domesticated by humans (e.g., polyploidy, engorged nutritional rewards, dependence on cultivation). To date, poorly resolved L. gongylophorus genomes based on short-read sequencing have constrained hypotheses about how millions of years under cultivation by...

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DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.02.601708

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