News tagged with mutualism
When industrious ants go too far
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Nature is full of mutually beneficial arrangements between organisms—like the relationship between flowering plants and their bee pollinators. But sometimes these blissful relationships have a dark side, as Harvard biologist ...
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Cooperation between figs, wasps and parasites proves 3 is not always a crowd
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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This week in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology, scientists Simon Segar, James Cook, Derek Dunn, and colleagues at the University of Reading have found that during mutualism, a cooperative relationship between two di ...
Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Partner switching between fungus farming ants and their fungal clones during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualistic relationship.
Diuscovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites
May 14, 2009 |
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The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the ...
Farming and chemical warfare: A day in the life of an ant?
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Nov 17, 2008 |
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One of the most important developments in human civilisation was the practice of sustainable agriculture. But we were not the first - ants have been doing it for over 50 million years. Just as farming helped humans become ...
Ants are friendly to some trees, but not others
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring trees.
Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
Which came first, the moth or the cactus?
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Aug 13, 2007 |
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It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket… unless you're a senita moth.
Herbivory discovered in a spider
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There are approximately 40,000 species of spiders in the world, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals. Now, scientists have found that ...
Africa's biggest mammals key to ant-plant teamwork
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Jan 10, 2008 |
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Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this plant-insect teamwork depends on the very antagonist it is intended to ward off: Africa’s big browsing mammals.
Research on viral origins suggests new definition of virus may be needed
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The strange interaction of a parasitic wasp, the caterpillar in which it lays its eggs and a virus that helps it overcome the caterpillar’s immune defenses has some scientists rethinking the ...
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