The evolutionary origin and maintenance of the mutualistic symbiosis between termites and fungi

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 79-95

  Aanen, Duur K ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 76749103983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420005936     Document Type: Chapter

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