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The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle
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Garret Suen ,
* E-mail: gsuen@wisc.edu (GS); currie@bact.wisc.edu (CRC)
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Clotilde Teiling ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Clotilde Teiling, Lewyn Li
Affiliation Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Lewyn Li ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Clotilde Teiling, Lewyn Li
Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
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Carson Holt,
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Ehab Abouheif,
Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Erich Bornberg-Bauer,
Affiliation Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Pascal Bouffard,
Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York, United States of America
Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
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Eric J. Caldera,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Elizabeth Cash,
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Amy Cavanaugh,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Janesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Olgert Denas,
Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Eran Elhaik,
Affiliation The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Marie-Julie Favé,
Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Jürgen Gadau,
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Joshua D. Gibson,
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Dan Graur,
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kirk J. Grubbs,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Darren E. Hagen,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Timothy T. Harkins,
Current address: Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
Affiliation Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Martin Helmkampf,
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Hao Hu,
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Brian R. Johnson,
Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Jay Kim,
Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Sarah E. Marsh,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Joseph A. Moeller,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Mónica C. Muñoz-Torres,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Marguerite C. Murphy,
Affiliation Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Meredith C. Naughton,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
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Surabhi Nigam,
Affiliation Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Rick Overson,
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Rajendhran Rajakumar,
Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Justin T. Reese,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Jarrod J. Scott,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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Chris R. Smith,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
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Shu Tao,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Neil D. Tsutsui,
Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Lumi Viljakainen,
Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Lothar Wissler,
Affiliation Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mark D. Yandell,
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Fabian Zimmer,
Affiliation Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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James Taylor,
Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Steven C. Slater,
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Sandra W. Clifton,
Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Wesley C. Warren,
Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Christine G. Elsik,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Christopher D. Smith,
Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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George M. Weinstock,
Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Nicole M. Gerardo,
Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Cameron R. Currie
* E-mail: gsuen@wisc.edu (GS); currie@bact.wisc.edu (CRC)
Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle
- Garret Suen,
- Clotilde Teiling,
- Lewyn Li,
- Carson Holt,
- Ehab Abouheif,
- Erich Bornberg-Bauer,
- Pascal Bouffard,
- Eric J. Caldera,
- Elizabeth Cash,
- Amy Cavanaugh
- Published: February 10, 2011
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007