Social-insect fungus farming
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Which social insects rear their own food? Growing fungi for food has evolved twice in social insects: once in new-world ants about 50 million years ago; and once in old-world termites between 24 and 34 million years ago [1,2]. The termites domesticated a single fungal lineage — the extant basidiomycete genus Termitomyces — whereas the ants are associated with a larger diversity of fungal lineages (all basidiomycetes). The ants and termites forage for plant material to provision their fungus gardens.
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- University of Copenhagen Denmark
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Ants, conflict, mutualism, Basidiomycota, termites, Isoptera, Spores, Fungal, Biological Evolution, growing ants, symbiosis, evolution, Animals, bacteria, Symbiosis
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Ants, conflict, mutualism, Basidiomycota, termites, Isoptera, Spores, Fungal, Biological Evolution, growing ants, symbiosis, evolution, Animals, bacteria, Symbiosis
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