Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrme...
Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
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England: BioMed Central
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Cooperative benefits of mutualistic interactions are affected by genetic variation among the interacting partners, which may have consequences for interaction-specificities across guilds of sympatric species with similar mutualistic life histories. The gardens of fungus-growing (attine) ants produce carbohydrate active enzymes that degrade plant ma...
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Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4262973
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4262973
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1471-2148
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1471-2148
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10.1186/s12862-014-0244-6
