The genus Escovopsis emerged 56.9 million years ago, but only began interacting with today’s mutualistic ants 38 million years ago (IMAGE)

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The genus Escovopsis emerged 56.9 million years ago, but only began interacting with today’s mutualistic ants 38 million years ago

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Microscopic photos, magnified 40 times, show conidiophores with cylindrical vesicles of the species Escovopsis weberi (left), which are more efficient in asexual reproduction, and globular vesicles of Escovopsis papillata (right), a species closer to the common ancestor of the genus and less efficient in this type of reproduction 

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Quimi Vidaurre Montoya/IB-UNESP

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