Species of ants that practice a complex form of fungi agriculture developed their knack for farming about 50 million years ago and have employed several different, successful strategies to culture ...
Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionised the study of fungal diversity by employing DNA sequence data to infer evolutionary relationships among species, genera and higher taxa. Early work relied ...
Rust fungi (order Pucciniales) form one of the largest groups of obligate plant pathogens, characterised by complex life cycles often involving up to five spore stages and the alternation between two ...
Mehdiabadi, Natasha J. and Schultz, Ted R. 2010. "Natural history and phylogeny of the fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini ...
The freezer in the laboratory of Professor of Mycorrhizal Studies Leho Tedersoo contains DNA samples of tens of thousands of microscopic soil fungi collected worldwide. This invaluable treasury is the ...
This study is led by Dr. Hong-Zhi Du (School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; School of Pharmacy, Guizhou ...