Leaf cutting ants

[Palm, Mary]

See also the excellent article by Chapela et al. -

CHAPELA, I. H., REHNER, S. A., SCHULTZ, T. R. AND MUELLER, U. G. 
 Evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants and their 
fungi.  Science 266:1691-1693.  1994.

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From: aat3230
To: mycology
Subject: Re: Leaf cutting ants
Date: Monday, February 26, 1996 12:44AM

Claus Rasmussen wrote:
>
> I need some references on this topic.

Phylogeny of the attine ant fungi based on analysis of small subunit
ribosomal RNA gene sequences.  (1994) Science 266: 1695-1697


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