Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1980-1991

  Bot, A N M ^a,b   Rehner, S A ^c,d   Boomsma, J J ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attini; Compatibility; Fungi; Fungus growing ants; Mutualism; Specificity; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INCOMPATABILITY; MUTUALISM;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTS; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0035543312     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01315.x     Document Type: Article

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