Asteroid impact may have prompted ants to 'farm' fungi.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Iconic mutualistic relationship likely arose in decaying plant matter after the cataclysm 66 million years ago.
Medical subject headings
- Ants
- Symbiosis