Deep-time parallel evolution of myrmecoid syndrome in rove beetle symbionts of army ants
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1 Deep-time parallel evolution of myrmecoid syndrome in rove beetle symbionts of army ants Munetoshi Maruyama and Joseph Parker* The Kyushu University Museum, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA *correspondence: [email protected] †Authors contributed equally to this work
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