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Review
. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5287-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801464105. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

A breakthrough innovation in animal evolution

Ulrich G Mueller  1 , Christian Rabeling
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Review

A breakthrough innovation in animal evolution

Ulrich G Mueller et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Leaf-cutter ants. Workers cut leaves (A), transport the leaf fragments to their nest (B), and use the leaves as compost to grow a fungus for food (C). Leaf-cutter ant queens (C) are among the most fertile and long-lived queens of all social insects. Photographs by Alex Wild.
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Comment on

  • Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture.
    Schultz TR, Brady SG. Schultz TR, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5435-40. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711024105. Epub 2008 Mar 24. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008. PMID: 18362345 Free PMC article.

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