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SUBMITTER: Mikheyev AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1502295 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mikheyev Alexander S AS Mueller Ulrich G UG Abbot Patrick P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060630 28
The fungus-growing ants have long provided a spectacular example of coevolutionary integration. Their ecological success is thought to depend largely on the evolutionary alignment of reproductive interests between ants and fungi after vertical transmission and the ancient suppression of fungal sexuality. In the present study we test these assumptions and provide the first evidence of recombination in attine cultivars, contradicting widely held perceptions of obligate clonality. In addition, we d ...[more]