EVOLUTION OF ANT-CULTIVAR SPECIALIZATION AND CULTIVAR SWITCHING IN APTEROSTIGMA FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS

Almost all of the more than 200 species of fungus-growing ants (Formicidae: Attini) cultivate litter-decomposing fungi in the family Lepiotaceae (Basidiomycota: Agaricales). The single exception to this rule is a subgroup of ant species within the lower attine genus Apterostigma, which cultivate pte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Evolution 2004-10, Vol.58 (10), p.2252-2265
Hauptverfasser:	Villesen, Palle, Mueller, Ulrich G, Schultz, Ted R, Adams, Rachelle M. M, Bouck, Amy C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Physiological Agaricales - genetics Animals Ants Ants - genetics Ants - physiology Apterostigma Attini Base Sequence Bayes Theorem Biological taxonomies DNA Primers DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Evolution Fungi Fungiculture fungus-growing ants Genetic diversity Insect genetics Insects Likelihood Functions Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Mycology Parsimony Phylogenetics Phylogeny Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Pterulaceae REGULAR ARTICLES Sequence Analysis, DNA Symbiosis
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