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Unprecedented loss of ammonia assimilation capability in a urease-encoding bacterial mutualist
BMC Genomics, 2010 Background Blochmannia are obligately intracellular bacterial mutualists of ants of the tribe Camponotini. Blochmannia perform key nutritional functions for the host, including synthesis of several essential amino acids.
Laura E Williams +2 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Some ant species are highly abundant in cities, may form huge unicolonial populations with thousands of individuals able to displace native fauna, and impoverish ecological relationships in urban environments. In this work, we study the ant community in two neighborhoods with different urban profiles, one recently populated and another from the 1900s ...
Alcione Piva +2 more
wiley +3 more sources
, 2019 Additional file 1. “S1 Depositories and Material.pdf”. Complete list of sampling localities, depositories, taxonomic placement, caste assignment, and collection data for the specimens analysed in this study.
Laciny, A. +4 more
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Abiotic and biotic responses to woody debris additions in restored old fields in a multi-site Before-After-Control-Impact experiment. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Benefits of ecological restoration are often associated with time lags, as many attributes, such as leaf litter and coarse woody debris, need time to accumulate, particularly in arid ecosystems. Here we used a 2 year MBACI experiment to test if adding woody debris to restored eucalypt woodlands in semi‐arid western Australia can accelerate restoration ...
Parkhurst T +3 more
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The "Chameleon Ant" <i>Colobopsis imitans</i> Adapts Its Mimetic Appearance to Local Model Species Across the Mediterranean Basin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe collected morphometric data from Colobopsis samples across the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus, documented color patterns of these mimics and their local models, and performed unsupervised multivariate analyses. Morphometric data suggest a scenario where mimicry‐driven microevolutionary adaptations can produce significant phenotypic diversity ...
Wagner HC, Csősz S.
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Escaping Constraints to Innovate: Maternal Neofunctionalization in a HoxB4 Duplicate. [PDF]
J Exp Zool B Mol Dev EvolWhole‐genome duplication in Xenopus laevis generated duplicated Hox genes that are largely constrained in sequence and developmental expression. However, HoxB4L uniquely acquired maternal expression through cis‐regulatory and protein structural divergence, illustrating how gene duplication enables transcription factors to escape pleiotropic constraints
Carvalho JL +2 more
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Reference genome of the bicolored carpenter ant, Camponotus vicinus [PDF]
Journal of HeredityPhilip S Ward +2 more
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Microbial communities of the ant Formica exsecta and its nest material
European Journal of Soil Science, Volume 74, Issue 3, May–June 2023., 2023 This study compares the bacterial and fungal microbiomes of worker ants of Formica exsecta, and the nest material associated with the ants. We found that the ants maintain a microbiome, distinct from the surrounding nest material, and that this microbiome is consistent across colonies and time.
Stafva Lindström +2 more
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Ecological Monographs, Volume 93, Issue 1, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Sustaining beneficial gut symbioses presents a major challenge for animals, including holometabolous insects. Social insects may meet such challenges through partner fidelity, aided by behavioral symbiont transfer and transgenerational inheritance through colony founders.
Yi Hu +10 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022 We used whole‐genome sequencing data for carpenter ants (Genus Camponotus; subgenera Camponotus and Tanaemyrmex) and their Blochmannia endosymbionts as our study system to address whether Camponotus demography shapes Blochmannia molecular evolution.
Joseph D. Manthey +2 more
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