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Distinct and enhanced hygienic responses of a leaf‐cutting ant toward repeated fungi exposures by Goes, Aryel C., Kooij, Pepijn W., Culot, Laurence, Bueno, Odair C., Rodrigues, Andre

“…Leaf‐cutting ants and their fungal crops are a textbook example of a long‐term obligatory mutualism. Many microbes continuously enter their nest containing the…”
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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants by Kooij, Pepijn W, Liberti, Joanito, Giampoudakis, Konstantinos, Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J

“…The genera Atta and Acromyrmex are often grouped as leaf-cutting ants for pest management assessments and ecological surveys, although their mature colony…”
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Climate Change Influences Basidiome Emergence of Leaf-Cutting Ant Cultivars by Bizarria, Jr, Rodolfo, Kooij, Pepijn W, Rodrigues, Andre

“…Maintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for…”
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Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Kooij, Pepijn W, Dentinger, Bryn M, Donoso, David A, Shik, Jonathan Z, Gaya, Ester

“…Leaf-cutting ants are often considered agricultural pests, but they can also benefit local people and serve important roles in ecosystems. Throughout their…”
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Genome Size Versus Genome Assemblies: Are the Genomes Truly Expanded in Polyploid Fungal Symbionts? by Kooij, Pepijn W, Pellicer, Jaume

“…Abstract Each day, as the amount of genomic data and bioinformatics resources grows, researchers are increasingly challenged with selecting the most…”
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Relationships between resource availability and elevation vary between metrics creating gradients of nutritional complexity by Lee, Mark A., Burger, Grace, Green, Emma R., Kooij, Pepijn W.

“…Plant and animal community composition changes at higher elevations on mountains. Plant and animal species richness generally declines with elevation, but the…”
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Genomic Signatures of Domestication in a Fungus Obligately Farmed by Leafcutter Ants by Leal-Dutra, Caio A, Vizueta, Joel, Baril, Tobias, Kooij, Pepijn W, Rødsgaard-Jørgensen, Asta, Conlon, Benjamin H, Croll, Daniel, Shik, Jonathan Z

“…Abstract The naturally selected fungal crop (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) farmed by leafcutter ants shows striking parallels with artificially selected plant…”
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Myrteae phylogeny, calibration, biogeography and diversification patterns: Increased understanding in the most species rich tribe of Myrtaceae by Vasconcelos, Thais N.C., Proença, Carol E.B., Ahmad, Berhaman, Aguilar, Daniel S., Aguilar, Reinaldo, Amorim, Bruno S., Campbell, Keron, Costa, Itayguara R., De-Carvalho, Plauto S., Faria, Jair E.Q., Giaretta, Augusto, Kooij, Pepijn W., Lima, Duane F., Mazine, Fiorella F., Peguero, Brigido, Prenner, Gerhard, Santos, Matheus F., Soewarto, Julia, Wingler, Astrid, Lucas, Eve J.

“…[Display omitted] •The present Myrteae phylogeny reports key differences among group relationships in comparison to previous published trees.•Future…”
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The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture by Schultz, Ted R, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Kweskin, Matthew P, Lloyd, Michael W, Dentinger, Bryn, Kooij, Pepijn W, Vellinga, Else C, Rehner, Stephen A, Rodrigues, Andre, Montoya, Quimi V, Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Ješovnik, Ana, Niskanen, Tuula, Liimatainen, Kare, Leal-Dutra, Caio A, Solomon, Scott E, Gerardo, Nicole M, Currie, Cameron R, Bacci, Jr, Mauricio, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L, Rabeling, Christian, Faircloth, Brant C, Doyle, Vinson P

“…Fungus-farming ants cultivate multiple lineages of fungi for food, but, because fungal cultivar relationships are largely unresolved, the history of fungus-ant…”
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Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar–farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant by Shik, Jonathan Z., Gomez, Ernesto B., Kooij, Pepijn W., Santos, Juan C., Wcislo, William T., Boomsma, Jacobus J.

“…Attine ants evolved farming 55–60 My before humans. Although evolutionarily derived leafcutter ants achieved industrial-scale farming, extant species from…”
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Unraveling fungal species cultivated by lower attine ants by Urrea-Valencia, Salomé, Júnior, Rodolfo Bizarria, Kooij, Pepijn W., Montoya, Quimi Vidaurre, Rodrigues, Andre

“…Fungus-growing attine ants rely on an obligatory nutritional mutualism with fungi. Most attine ant genera cultivate fungi in the basidiomycete tribe…”
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New species of Cortinarius sect. Austroamericani, sect. nov., from South American Nothofagaceae forests by San-Fabian, Beatriz, Niskanen, Tuula, Liimatainen, Kare, Kooij, Pepijn W., Mujic, Alija B., Truong, Camille, Peintner, Ursula, Dresch, Philipp, Nouhra, Eduardo, Matheny, P. Brandon, Smith, Matthew E.

“…In this study, we document and describe the new Cortinarius section Austroamericani. Our results reveal high species diversity within this clade, with a total…”
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Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops by Kooij, P. W., Aanen, D. K., Schiøtt, M., Boomsma, J. J.

“…Innovative evolutionary developments are often related to gene or genome duplications. The crop fungi of attine fungus‐growing ants are suspected to have…”
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How Do Leaf-Cutting Ants Recognize Antagonistic Microbes in Their Fungal Crops? by Goes, Aryel C., Barcoto, Mariana O., Kooij, Pepijn W., Bueno, Odair C., Rodrigues, Andre

“…Leaf-cutting ants employ diverse behavioral strategies for promoting the growth of fungal cultivars in a structure known as fungus garden. As a nutritionally…”
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Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate by Kooij, Pepijn W, Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Adelina, Hoffmann, Daniel, Roepstorff, Peter, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Schiøtt, Morten

“…The mutualism between leaf-cutting ants and their fungal symbionts revolves around processing and inoculation of fresh leaf pulp in underground fungus gardens,…”
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Ant mediated redistribution of a xyloglucanase enzyme in fungus gardens of Acromyrmex echinatior by Kooij, Pepijn W, Pullens, Jeroen W M, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Schiøtt, Morten

“…Xyloglucan is an important component in plant cell walls that herbivores cannot digest without microbial symbionts. Leaf-cutting ants are major insect…”
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Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric Atta colombica and Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants by Kooij, Pepijn W., Poulsen, Michael, Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J.

“…Obligate mutualistic symbioses rely on mechanisms that secure host-symbiont commitments to maximize host benefits and prevent symbiont cheating. Previous…”
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Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants by Shik, Jonathan Z., Kooij, Pepijn W., Donoso, David A., Santos, Juan C., Gomez, Ernesto B., Franco, Mariana, Crumière, Antonin J. J., Arnan, Xavier, Howe, Jack, Wcislo, William T., Boomsma, Jacobus J.

“…During crop domestication, human farmers traded greater productivity for higher crop vulnerability outside specialized cultivation conditions. We found a…”
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Pseudoxylaria as stowaway of the fungus-growing termite nest: Interaction asymmetry between Pseudoxylaria, Termitomyces and free-living relatives by Visser, Anna A., Kooij, Pepijn W., Debets, Alfons J.M., Kuyper, Thomas W., Aanen, Duur K.

“…Though inconspicuous in healthy nests, Pseudoxylaria species are almost always present and overgrow deteriorating fungus-growing termite gardens. Whether these…”
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The scent of symbiosis: gut bacteria may affect social interactions in leaf-cutting ants by Teseo, Serafino, van Zweden, Jelle S., Pontieri, Luigi, Kooij, Pepijn W., Sørensen, Søren J., Wenseleers, Tom, Poulsen, Michael, Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sapountzis, Panagiotis

“…Animal gut microbiota affect host physiology and behaviour. In social insects, where colony level integrity is preserved via a nestmate discrimination system…”
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