Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the symbiotic fungi cultivated by leaf cutter ants (Attini, Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | Scott Jarrod J Weskin Matthew K Cooper Michael Mueller Ulrich G |
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| Affiliation: | Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. |
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| Abstract: | We developed 23 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the symbiotic fungi cultivated by leaf cutter ants, then assessed allelic variation in North American leafcutter-fungus populations (Mexico, Cuba, USA). Polyploidy was indicated by 21 of the 23 loci, consistent with the multinucleate nature of leafcutter fungi. Microsatellite fingerprinting can now assess fungal genetic variation within leafcutter nests to test for monoculture of the cultivated fungi. |
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| Keywords: | Attini fungus‐growing ant Leucocoprinus gongylophorus mutualism symbiosis |
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