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Instability of novel ant-fungal associations constrains horizontal exchange of fungal symbionts by Seal, Jon N., Mueller, U. G.

“…One of the more fascinating features of fungus-gardening ants (Attini: Formicidae) is their fidelity to their lineage-specific fungal symbionts. Among the…”
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Microfungal “Weeds” in the Leafcutter Ant Symbiosis by Rodrigues, A, Bacci Jr, M, Mueller, U. G, Ortiz, A, Pagnocca, F. C

“…Leafcutter ants (Formicidae: tribe Attini) are well-known insects that cultivate basidiomycete fungi (Agaricales: Lepiotaceae) as their principal food. Fungus…”
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The evolution of mutualisms: exploring the paths between conflict and cooperation by Herre, E.A., Knowlton, N., Mueller, U.G., Rehner, S.A.

“…Mutualisms are of fundamental importance in all ecosystems but their very existence poses a series of challenging evolutionary questions. Recently, the…”
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Engineering Microbiomes to Improve Plant and Animal Health by Mueller, U.G, Sachs, J.L

“…Animal and plant microbiomes encompass diverse microbial communities that colonize every accessible host tissue. These microbiomes enhance host functions,…”
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AFLP genotyping and fingerprinting by Mueller, Ulrich G., Wolfenbarger, L.LaReesa

“…Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) are polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based markers for the rapid screening of genetic diversity. AFLP methods…”
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Co‐evolutionary patterns and diversification of ant–fungus associations in the asexual fungus‐farming ant Mycocepurus smithii in Panama by Kellner, K, Fernández‐Marín, H, Ishak, H. D, Sen, R, Linksvayer, T. A, Mueller, U. G

“…Partner fidelity through vertical symbiont transmission is thought to be the primary mechanism stabilizing cooperation in the mutualism between fungus‐farming…”
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Convergent coevolution in the domestication of coral mushrooms by fungus-growing ants by Munkacsi, A.B, Pan, J.J, Villesen, P, Mueller, U.G, Blackwell, M, McLaughlin, D.J

“…A. pilosum…”
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evolution of agriculture in ants by Mueller, U.G, Rehner, S.A, Schultz, T.R

“…Cultivation of fungi for food by fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae) originated about 50 million years ago. The subsequent evolutionary history of this…”
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agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens by Currie, C.R, Mueller, U.G, Malloch, D

“…Gardens of fungus-growing ants (Formicidae: Attini) traditionally have been thought to be free of microbial parasites, with the fungal mutualist maintained in…”
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Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences in ants: evidence from Atta cephalotes (Formicidae: Attini) by Martins, J. Jr, Solomon, S.E, Mikheyev, A.S, Mueller, U.G, Ortiz, A, Bacci, M. Jr

“…Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences (numts) are copies of mitochondrial DNA that have migrated to the genomic DNA. We present the first characterization of…”
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The Origin of the Attine Ant-Fungus Mutualism by Mueller, Ulrich G., Schultz, Ted R., Currie, Cameron R., Rachelle M. M. Adams, Malloch, David

“…Cultivation of fungus for food originated about 45-65 million years ago in the ancestor of fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, tribe Attini), representing an…”
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Extensive exchange of fungal cultivars between sympatric species of fungus-growing ants by Green, A. M., Mueller, U. G., Adams, R. M. M.

“…Fungal cultivars of fungus‐growing ants (Attini, Formicidae) are carried by dispersing queens from parent to offspring nest. This vertical cultivar…”
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Planting of fungus onto hibernating workers of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis clorindae (Attini, Formicidae) by Mueller, U. G, Ortiz, A, Bacci, M. Jr

“…We describe a peculiar fungus-coating behavior of the attine ant Mycetosoritis clorindae, where workers plant fungal mycelium on hibernating nestmates…”
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Symbiont-Mediated Host-Parasite Dynamics in a Fungus-Gardening Ant by Kellner, Katrin, Kardish, M. R., Seal, J. N., Linksvayer, T. A., Mueller, U. G.

“…Group-living can promote the evolution of adaptive strategies to prevent and control disease. Fungus-gardening ants must cope with two sets of pathogens, those…”
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Time-dependent effects of hormone-deprivation therapy on prostate metabolism as detected by combined magnetic resonance imaging and 3D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging by Mueller-Lisse, Ullrich G., Swanson, Mark G., Vigneron, Daniel B., Hricak, Hedvig, Bessette, André, Males, Ryan G., Wood, Penelope J., Noworolski, Susan, Nelson, Sarah J., Barken, Israel, Carroll, Peter R., Kurhanewicz, John

“…Combined MRI and 3D spectroscopic imaging (MRI/3D‐MRSI) was used to study the metabolic effects of hormone‐deprivation therapy in 65 prostate cancer patients,…”
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A new type of egg produced by foundress queens of Atta texana (Attini, Formicidae) by Fang, C.-C., Mueller, U. G.

“…In the fungus-growing ant genus Atta , foundress queens nourish their brood and incipient fungus gardens with nutrients derived from trophic eggs. We…”
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Dispersal of Attaphila fungicola, a symbiotic cockroach of leaf-cutter ants by Phillips, Z. I., Zhang, M. M., Mueller, U. G.

“…The myrmecophile cockroach Attaphila fungicola lives in the nests of leaf-cutter ants ( Atta texana and A. cephalotes ) and uses the female winged…”
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Ant-fungus species combinations engineer physiological activity of fungus gardens by Seal, J N, Schiøtt, M, Mueller, U G

“…Fungus-gardening insects are among the most complex organisms because of their extensive co-evolutionary histories with obligate fungal symbionts and other…”
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Symbiont choice in a fungus-growing ant (Attini, Formicidae) by Mueller, Ulrich G., Poulin, Jessica, Adams, Rachelle M. M.

“…Cultivars of fungus-growing (attine) ants are vertically transmitted through inheritance from parent to offspring nest, but horizontal cultivar transfer…”
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Evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants and their fungi by Chapela, I.H, Rehner, S.A, Schultz, T.R, Mueller, U.G

“…The evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants (Attini) and their fungi was elucidated by comparing phylogenies of both symbionts. The…”
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