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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Auteurs principaux: Ulrich G Mueller, Jarrod J Scott, Heather D Ishak, Michael Cooper, Andre Rodrigues
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/2fbfb46431b44714915c66c24a60c48f
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