Extended phenotype: Nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed Fruits
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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.
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Hughes, D. P., Kronauer, Daniel J. C., and Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos. 2008. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/11949">Extended phenotype: Nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed Fruits</a>." <em>Current Biology</em>, 18, (7) R294–R295. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.001">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.001</a>.