The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle

• 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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