«And just as mature organisms differ, reflecting the rules of embryogeny,» he says, mature ant colonies differ as well, reflecting variations in the rules of sociogenesis. (discovermagazine.com)
According to the research by Andersen and her colleagues (published in May 2012 in PLoS ONE), the actual reproduction rate for each mature zombie - ant fungus organism is a little more than one new mature organism, thus allowing the species and local population to sustain itself as long as there are ants nearby to infect. (scientificamerican.com)
Before they pass out of the dog's body as mature organisms, they are encysted, as they travel to the large intestine. (dog-health-guide.org)