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D P Hughes1, D J C Kronauer, J J Boomsma

  • 1Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark. dphughes@bi.ku.dk

Current Biology : CB
|April 10, 2008
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Abstract:

A recent study has discovered a novel extended phenotype of a nematode which alters its ant host to resemble ripe fruit. The infected ants are in turn eaten by frugivorous birds that disperse the nematode's eggs.

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