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Extended phenotype: Nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed Fruits
Hughes, D. P.
;
Kronauer, Daniel J. C.
;
Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.001
Date:
2008
Abstract:
Summary A recent study has discovered a novel extended phenotype of a nematode which alters its ant host to resemble ripe fruit. The infected ants are in turn eaten by frugivorous birds that disperse the nematode's eggs.
Citation:
Hughes, D. P., Kronauer, Daniel J. C., and Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos. 2008. "
Extended phenotype: Nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed Fruits
."
Current Biology
. 18 (7):R294–R295.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.001
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