The life of a dead ant: the expression of an adaptive extended phenotype

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-433

  Andersen, Sandra B ^a,h   Gerritsma, Sylvia ^a,b   Yusah, Kalsum M ^c   Mayntz, David ^d   Hywel Jones, Nigel L ^e   Billen, Johan ^f   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Hughes, David P ^a,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral manipulation; Carpenter ants; Histological cross sections; Life history evolution; Ophiocordyceps; Sclerotia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRITION; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; HYPOCREALES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS LEONARDI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 70149083927     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603640     Document Type: Article

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