Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops
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Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops. / Yek, Sze Huei; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan; Poulsen, Michael.
I: Psyche (Cambridge, 1874), Bind 2012, 2012.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops
AU - Yek, Sze Huei
AU - Boomsma, Jacobus Jan
AU - Poulsen, Michael
N1 - Article ID 239392
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Fungus-growing ants have interacted and partly coevolved with specialised microfungal parasites of the genus Escovopsis sincethe origin of ant fungiculture about 50 million years ago. Here, we review the recent progress in understanding the patterns ofspecificity of this ant-parasite association, covering both the colony/population level and comparisons between phylogenetic clades.We use a modified version of Tinbergen’s four categories of evolutionary questions to structure our review in complementaryapproaches addressing both proximate questions of development and mechanism, and ultimate questions of (co)adaptation andevolutionary history. Using the same scheme, we identify future research questions that are likely to be particularly illuminatingfor understanding the ecology and evolution of Escovopsis parasitism of the cultivar maintained by fungus-growing ants
AB - Fungus-growing ants have interacted and partly coevolved with specialised microfungal parasites of the genus Escovopsis sincethe origin of ant fungiculture about 50 million years ago. Here, we review the recent progress in understanding the patterns ofspecificity of this ant-parasite association, covering both the colony/population level and comparisons between phylogenetic clades.We use a modified version of Tinbergen’s four categories of evolutionary questions to structure our review in complementaryapproaches addressing both proximate questions of development and mechanism, and ultimate questions of (co)adaptation andevolutionary history. Using the same scheme, we identify future research questions that are likely to be particularly illuminatingfor understanding the ecology and evolution of Escovopsis parasitism of the cultivar maintained by fungus-growing ants
U2 - 10.1155/2012/239392
DO - 10.1155/2012/239392
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2012
JO - Psyche: Journal of Entomology
JF - Psyche: Journal of Entomology
SN - 0033-2615
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ID: 37950711