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The Evolution of Mutualism in Gut Microbiota Via Host Epithelial Selection

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New paradigms for the evolution of beneficial infections

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Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

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Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

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Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

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High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites

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TOPALi v2: a rich graphical interface for evolutionary analyses of multiple alignments on HPC clusters and multi-core desktops

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Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: Identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants

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Phylogeography of post-Pleistocene population expansion in a fungus-gardening ant and its microbial mutualists

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