Parallels between experimental and natural evolution of legume symbionts

Parallels between experimental and natural evolution of legume symbionts

It is unclear if experimental evolution is a good model for natural processes. Here, Clerissi et al. find parallels between the evolution of symbiosis in rhizobia after horizontal transfer of a plasmid over 10 million years ago and experimentally evolved symbionts.

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Main Authors: Camille Clerissi, Marie Touchon, Delphine Capela, Mingxing Tang, Stéphane Cruveiller, Clémence Genthon, Céline Lopez-Roques, Matthew A. Parker, Lionel Moulin, Catherine Masson-Boivin, Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04778-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04778-5

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