Natural history and phylogeny of the fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)
Natural history and phylogeny of the fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)
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真菌养殖蚂蚁的自然史和系统发育（膜翅目：蚁科：Myrmicinae：Attini）
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2010
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通讯作者：
T. Schultz
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N. J. Mehdiabadi;T. Schultz
阿蒂尼族的蚂蚁包括一个单系群，约有230种已描述的物种和更多未描述的物种，这些物种必须依赖于真菌的种植。作为回报，蚂蚁滋养、保护和传播它们的真菌品种。虽然这个部落的所有成员都种植真菌，但阿廷蚂蚁在共生体协会和农业系统，群体规模和社会结构，筑巢行为和交配系统方面具有惊人的异质性。这种变异是阿蒂尼人成为理解复杂共生体进化的模型系统的关键原因。在这里，我们回顾了自然历史性状的真菌生长的蚂蚁在最近出版的环境中的共生，整理模式的进化和共生共适应在各种殖民地和真菌园艺性状在一些主要的血统。我们讨论了这些模式的影响，并提出了未来的研究方向。
Ants of the tribe Attini comprise a monophyletic group of approximately 230 described and many more undescribed species that obligately depend on the cultivation of fungus for food. In return, the ants nourish, protect, and disperse their fungal cultivars. Although all members of this tribe cultivate fungi, attine ants are surprisingly heterogeneous with regard to symbiont associations and agricultural system, colony size and social structure, nesting behavior, and mating system. This variation is a key reason that the Attini have become a model system for understanding the evolution of complex symbioses. Here, we review the natural-history traits of fungus-growing ants in the context of a recently published phylogeny, collating patterns of evolution and symbiotic coadaptation in a variety of colony and fungus-gardening traits in a number of major lineages. We discuss the implications of these patterns and suggest future research directions.
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56.9
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HINKLE, G;WETTERER, JK;SOGIN, ML
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SOGIN, ML