CLONAL MONOCULTURE. “Leafcutter ants depend on the cultivation of symbiotic Attamyces fungi for food, which are thought to be grown by the ants in single-strain, clonal monoculture… Monoculture eliminates cultivar-cultivar competition that would select for competitive fungal traits that are detrimental to the ants.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022