Monoculture of leafcutter ant gardens.
<h4>Background</h4>Leafcutter ants depend on the cultivation of symbiotic Attamyces fungi for food, which are thought to be grown by the ants in single-strain, clonal monoculture throughout the hundreds to thousands of gardens within a leafcutter nest. Monoculture eliminates cultivar-cul...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010
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