Little, Ainslie; Murakami, Takahiro; Mueller, Ulrich; Currie, Cameron
(Naturwissenschaften, 2003-10-04)
Fungus-growing ants (Attini) live in an obligate mutualism with the fungi they cultivate for food. Because of the obligate nature of this relationship, the success of the ants is directly dependent on their ability to grow ...