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J. Z. Shik

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Ecology· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Insect hosts are nutritional landscapes navigated by fungal pathogens

H. H. De Fine Licht, Z. Csontos, P. J. D. N. Nielsen, E. B. Langkilde, A. K. Kjaergaard Hansen, J. Z. Shik

This study shows that fungal pathogens navigate host nutritional landscapes, with specialists and generalists differing in nutrient prioritization during development.

bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2024Ecology

A domesticated fungal cultivar recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards for its leafcutter ant farmers

C. A. Leal-Dutra, L. M. Yuen, P. E. Marques, B. A. M. Guedes, M. Contreras-Serrano, J. Z. Shik

This study investigates how the fungal cultivar Leucoagaricus gongylophorus forms gongylidia, specialized cells that provide nutritional rewards to leafcutter ants, revealing autophagy as the mechanism for recycling cellular contents.

bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2022Microbiology

The multidimensional nutritional niche of fungus-cultivar provisioning in free-ranging colonies of a neotropical leafcutter ant

A. J. J. Crumiere, A. James, P. Lannes, S. Mallett, A. Michelsen, R. Rinnan, J. Z. Shik

This study examines how the nutritional requirements of a fungal cultivar influence the foraging behavior of Atta colombica leafcutter ants in a Panamanian rainforest.

bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2021Ecology

The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints

R. M. Fisher, J. Z. Shik, J. J. Boomsma

This study tests Bonners 1998 hypothesis that environmental factors influence multicellular evolution by analyzing 139 species across 14 transitions to multicellularity.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2019Evolutionary Biology