Zombie-Ant Fungi Emerged from Non-manipulating, Beetle-Infecting Ancestors

João P.M. Araújo; David P. Hughes

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.004

Zombie-Ant Fungi Emerged from Non-manipulating, Beetle-Infecting Ancestors

João P.M. Araújo, David P. Hughes

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Abstract

The ability of parasites to manipulate animal behavior is a complex adaptation that evolved multiple times to increase parasite fitness. Araújo and Hughes show that the zombie-ant fungi evolved from a fungal ancestor that infected beetle larvae buried in soil and trunks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3735-3738.e2
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.004
State	Published - Nov 4 2019

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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