A Brazilian population of the asexual fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) cultivates fungal symbionts with gongylidia-like structures.
Attine ants cultivate fungi as their most important food source and in turn the fungus is nourished, protected against harmful microorganisms, and dispersed by the ants. This symbiosis evolved approximately 50-60 million years ago in the late Paleocene or early Eocene, and since its origin attine an...
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Autores principales: | Virginia E Masiulionis, Christian Rabeling, Henrik H De Fine Licht, Ted Schultz, Maurício Bacci, Cintia M Santos Bezerra, Fernando C Pagnocca |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/29fea834109346469b8a6f47fcf877a0 |
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