Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis

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Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis. / Nygaard, Sanne; Hu, Haofu; Li, Cai; Schiøtt, Morten; Chen, Zhensheng; Yang, Zhikai; Xie, Qiaolin; Ma, Chunyu; Deng, Yuan; Dikow, Rebecca B.; Rabeling, Christian; Nash, David Richard; Wcislo, William T.; Brady, Seán G.; Schultz, Ted R.; Zhang, Guojie; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 7, 12233, 2016.

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Nygaard, S, Hu, H, Li, C, Schiøtt, M, Chen, Z, Yang, Z, Xie, Q, Ma, C, Deng, Y, Dikow, RB, Rabeling, C, Nash, DR, Wcislo, WT, Brady, SG, Schultz, TR, Zhang, G & Boomsma, JJ 2016, 'Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis', Nature Communications, vol. 7, 12233. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233

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Nygaard, S., Hu, H., Li, C., Schiøtt, M., Chen, Z., Yang, Z., Xie, Q., Ma, C., Deng, Y., Dikow, R. B., Rabeling, C., Nash, D. R., Wcislo, W. T., Brady, S. G., Schultz, T. R., Zhang, G., & Boomsma, J. J. (2016). Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis. Nature Communications, 7, [12233]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233

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Nygaard S, Hu H, Li C, Schiøtt M, Chen Z, Yang Z et al. Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis. Nature Communications. 2016;7. 12233. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12233

Author

Nygaard, Sanne ; Hu, Haofu ; Li, Cai ; Schiøtt, Morten ; Chen, Zhensheng ; Yang, Zhikai ; Xie, Qiaolin ; Ma, Chunyu ; Deng, Yuan ; Dikow, Rebecca B. ; Rabeling, Christian ; Nash, David Richard ; Wcislo, William T. ; Brady, Seán G. ; Schultz, Ted R. ; Zhang, Guojie ; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan. / Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis. In: Nature Communications. 2016 ; Vol. 7.

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title = "Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis",
abstract = "The attine ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis evolved over tens of millions of years, producing complex societies with industrial-scale farming analogous to that of humans. Here we document reciprocal shifts in the genomes and transcriptomes of seven fungus-farming ant species and their fungal cultivars. We show that ant subsistence farming probably originated in the early Tertiary (55-60 MYA), followed by further transitions to the farming of fully domesticated cultivars and leaf-cutting, both arising earlier than previously estimated. Evolutionary modifications in the ants include unprecedented rates of genome-wide structural rearrangement, early loss of arginine biosynthesis and positive selection on chitinase pathways. Modifications of fungal cultivars include loss of a key ligninase domain, changes in chitin synthesis and a reduction in carbohydrate-degrading enzymes as the ants gradually transitioned to functional herbivory. In contrast to human farming, increasing dependence on a single cultivar lineage appears to have been essential to the origin of industrial-scale ant agriculture.",
author = "Sanne Nygaard and Haofu Hu and Cai Li and Morten Schi{\o}tt and Zhensheng Chen and Zhikai Yang and Qiaolin Xie and Chunyu Ma and Yuan Deng and Dikow, {Rebecca B.} and Christian Rabeling and Nash, {David Richard} and Wcislo, {William T.} and Brady, {Se{\'a}n G.} and Schultz, {Ted R.} and Guojie Zhang and Boomsma, {Jacobus Jan}",
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AU - Nygaard, Sanne

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AU - Chen, Zhensheng

AU - Yang, Zhikai

AU - Xie, Qiaolin

AU - Ma, Chunyu

AU - Deng, Yuan

AU - Dikow, Rebecca B.

AU - Rabeling, Christian

AU - Nash, David Richard

AU - Wcislo, William T.

AU - Brady, Seán G.

AU - Schultz, Ted R.

AU - Zhang, Guojie

AU - Boomsma, Jacobus Jan

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AB - The attine ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis evolved over tens of millions of years, producing complex societies with industrial-scale farming analogous to that of humans. Here we document reciprocal shifts in the genomes and transcriptomes of seven fungus-farming ant species and their fungal cultivars. We show that ant subsistence farming probably originated in the early Tertiary (55-60 MYA), followed by further transitions to the farming of fully domesticated cultivars and leaf-cutting, both arising earlier than previously estimated. Evolutionary modifications in the ants include unprecedented rates of genome-wide structural rearrangement, early loss of arginine biosynthesis and positive selection on chitinase pathways. Modifications of fungal cultivars include loss of a key ligninase domain, changes in chitin synthesis and a reduction in carbohydrate-degrading enzymes as the ants gradually transitioned to functional herbivory. In contrast to human farming, increasing dependence on a single cultivar lineage appears to have been essential to the origin of industrial-scale ant agriculture.

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