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| Title |
One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmanniaby tending sap-feeding insects
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-292 |
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| Authors |
Jennifer J Wernegreen, Seth N Kauppinen, Seán G Brady, Philip S Ward |
| Abstract |
Bacterial endosymbiosis has a recurring significance in the evolution of insects. An estimated 10-20% of insect species depend on bacterial associates for their nutrition and reproductive viability. Members of the ant tribe Camponotini, the focus of this study, possess a stable, intracellular bacterial mutualist. The bacterium, Blochmannia, was first discovered in Camponotus and has since been documented in a distinct subgenus of Camponotus, Colobopsis, and in the related genus Polyrhachis. However, the distribution of Blochmannia throughout the Camponotini remains in question. Documenting the true host range of this bacterial mutualist is an important first step toward understanding the various ecological contexts in which it has evolved, and toward identifying its closest bacterial relatives. In this study, we performed a molecular screen, based on PCR amplification of 16S rDNA, to identify bacterial associates of diverse Camponotini species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 112 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 101 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 31% |
| Researcher | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 68 | 61% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2% |
| Mathematics | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 21 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2022.
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