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Some attine ants carry vegetation into their nests and add fungal material, ther
Some attine ants carry vegetation into their nests and add fungal material, ther
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2024-01-10
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Some attine ants carry vegetation into their nests and add fungal material, thereby creating “gardens” in which fungal food for the ants grow. Because the ants play the behaviorally active role, it seems compelling to say that they cultivate and control the passive fungi. But even if that is true, the symbiotic association has existed for so long that cultivar traits may have evolved in the fungi that benefit the fungi but not necessarily the ants. Furthermore, many microorganisms have developed sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate the physiology and behavior of their symbiotic animals. It is not implausible, therefore, that the ants’ fungi have evolved chemical and physiological schemes that alter ant behavior to serve the fungus’ reproductive interests, possibly even compromising the reproductive interests of the ant hosts. [br] In the context in which it appears, the word “manipulate” most nearly means
选项
A、influence
B、oversee
C、coerce
D、deceive
E、outmaneuver
答案
E
解析
根据文中最后两句话,真菌操纵蚂蚁的方式就是进化出一系列复杂的策略来达到控制蚂蚁的目的,因此选E。
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