Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis

Attine ants, including the leaf-cutting ants, cultivate fungi as their sole source of food. Here, Nygaard et al. use whole genome and transcriptome sequences from seven ant species and their fungal cultivars to reconstruct the reciprocal genetic changes underlying the evolution of the ant-fungus mut...

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Main Authors: Sanne Nygaard, Haofu Hu, Cai Li, Morten Schiøtt, Zhensheng Chen, Zhikai Yang, Qiaolin Xie, Chunyu Ma, Yuan Deng, Rebecca B. Dikow, Christian Rabeling, David R. Nash, William T. Wcislo, Seán G. Brady, Ted R. Schultz, Guojie Zhang, Jacobus J. Boomsma
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233
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author Sanne Nygaard
Haofu Hu
Cai Li
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Zhensheng Chen
Zhikai Yang
Qiaolin Xie
Chunyu Ma
Yuan Deng
Rebecca B. Dikow
Christian Rabeling
David R. Nash
William T. Wcislo
Seán G. Brady
Ted R. Schultz
Guojie Zhang
Jacobus J. Boomsma
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description Attine ants, including the leaf-cutting ants, cultivate fungi as their sole source of food. Here, Nygaard et al. use whole genome and transcriptome sequences from seven ant species and their fungal cultivars to reconstruct the reciprocal genetic changes underlying the evolution of the ant-fungus mutualism.
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spelling doaj.art-eec9967201744bd8b7209d2686fa13a72022-12-21T20:29:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-07-01711910.1038/ncomms12233Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosisSanne Nygaard0Haofu Hu1Cai Li2Morten Schiøtt3Zhensheng Chen4Zhikai Yang5Qiaolin Xie6Chunyu Ma7Yuan Deng8Rebecca B. Dikow9Christian Rabeling10David R. Nash11William T. Wcislo12Seán G. Brady13Ted R. Schultz14Guojie Zhang15Jacobus J. Boomsma16Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of CopenhagenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenDepartment of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of CopenhagenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenChina National Genbank, BGI-ShenzhenSmithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics, Smithsonian InstitutionDepartment of Biology, University of RochesterDepartment of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of CopenhagenSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteDepartment of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionDepartment of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionDepartment of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of CopenhagenAttine ants, including the leaf-cutting ants, cultivate fungi as their sole source of food. Here, Nygaard et al. use whole genome and transcriptome sequences from seven ant species and their fungal cultivars to reconstruct the reciprocal genetic changes underlying the evolution of the ant-fungus mutualism.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233
spellingShingle Sanne Nygaard
Haofu Hu
Cai Li
Morten Schiøtt
Zhensheng Chen
Zhikai Yang
Qiaolin Xie
Chunyu Ma
Yuan Deng
Rebecca B. Dikow
Christian Rabeling
David R. Nash
William T. Wcislo
Seán G. Brady
Ted R. Schultz
Guojie Zhang
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
Nature Communications
title Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
title_full Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
title_fullStr Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
title_full_unstemmed Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
title_short Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
title_sort reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant fungus agricultural symbiosis
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233
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