Journal article
EPHEMERAL WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF FUNGAL SYMBIONTS IN LEAF‐CUTTING ANTS
Abstract
Evolutionary theory predicts that hosts are selected to prevent mixing of genetically different symbionts when competition among lineages reduces the productivity of a mutualism. The symbionts themselves may also defend their interests: recent studies of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants showed that somatic incompatibility enforces single-clone gardens within mature colonies, thereby constraining horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts. However, …
Authors
Poulsen M; Fernández‐Marín H; Currie CR; Boomsma JJ
Journal
Evolution, Vol. 63, No. 9, pp. 2235–2247
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00704.x
ISSN
0014-3820