Evolution: The Legacy of Endosymbiosis in Ants
A symbiotic partnership with Blochmannia bacteria is thought to underpin the ecological success of carpenter ants. Disentangling the molecular interactions between the mutualistic partners supports an old hypothesis that many other ants also had similar symbioses and lost them. A symbiotic partnersh...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Current biology 2020-11, Vol.30 (22), p.R1385-R1387 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A symbiotic partnership with Blochmannia bacteria is thought to underpin the ecological success of carpenter ants. Disentangling the molecular interactions between the mutualistic partners supports an old hypothesis that many other ants also had similar symbioses and lost them.
A symbiotic partnership with Blochmannia bacteria is thought to underpin the ecological success of carpenter ants. Disentangling the molecular interactions between the mutualistic partners supports an old hypothesis that many other ants also had similar symbioses and lost them. |
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| ISSN: | 0960-9822 1879-0445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.023 |