Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

Hermógenes Fernández-Marín, David Richard Nash, Sarah Higginbotham, Catalina Estrada, Jelle Stijn van Zweden, Patrizia D'Ettorre, William T. Wcislo, Jacobus Jan Boomsma

23 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume282
Issue number1807
Number of pages9
ISSN0962-8452
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 May 2015

Keywords

  • mutualism
  • symbiosis
  • Attini
  • Escovopsis
  • actinomycetes
  • entomopathogens

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