Hijacking time: How Ophiocordyceps fungi could be using ant host clocks to manipulate behavior
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DOI: 10.1111/pim.12909
Abstract: Ophiocordyceps fungi manipulate ant behaviour as a transmission strategy. Conspicuous changes in the daily timing of disease phenotypes suggest that Ophiocordyceps and other manipulators could be hijacking the host clock. We discuss the available data… read more here.
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Hidden web of fungi could shape the future of forests.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.369.6507.1042
Abstract: The future of the world9s flora may depend as much, if not more, on what9s below the ground as what9s above. Beneath 90% of all plants lies an invisible support system—subterranean fungal partners that form… read more here.
Keywords: future forests; fungi could; hidden web; shape future ... See more keywords