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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