Population Genomics and Demographic Sampling of the Ant-Plant Vachellia drepanolobium and Its Symbiotic Ants From Sites Across Its Range in East Africa

The association between the African ant plant, Vachellia drepanolobium, and the ants that inhabit it has provided insight into the boundaries between mutualism and parasitism, the response of symbioses to environmental perturbations, and the ecology of species coexistence. We use a landscape genomic...

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Main Authors: John H. Boyle, Dino Martins, Paul M. Musili, Naomi E. Pierce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00206/full