Diversity and development of domatia: Symbiotic plant structures to host mutualistic ants or mites

• Published in: Current opinion in plant biology Vol. 82; p. 102647
• Main Authors: Chomicki, Guillaume, Walker–Hale, Nathanael, Etchells, J. Peter, Ritter, Eleanore J., Weber, Marjorie G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Animals; ant domatia; Ants - physiology; Biological Evolution; Domatia development; domatia diversity; domatia evolution; mite domatia; Mites - physiology; Symbiosis; ant domatia; domatia evolution; Domatia development; domatia diversity; mite domatia

Across the tree of life, specialized structures that offer nesting sites to ants or mites – known as domatia – have evolved independently hundreds of times, facilitating ecologically important defence and/or nutritional mutualisms. Domatia show remarkable diversity in morphology and developmental or...