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Ophiocordyceps zombie-ant behavioral control

Fungal manipulation of ant locomotion via muscle invasion, sparing the brain entirely.

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Endless forms most beautiful 2.0: teleonomy and the bioengineering of chimaeric and synthetic organisms2 members

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Bioelectric morphogenesis & anatomical intelligence2 shared
Distributed control without central command2 shared

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Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus controls ant behavior without infecting ant brainNatural chimaera demonstrating goal-directed control of host behavior through body-wide fungal network, not CNS manipulation.
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis forms a fungal network invading ant muscles but not the brain.From Fredericksen et al. (2017), demonstrates how a parasite can control host behavior without neural takeover.