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.
Bibliographic Details
| 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 |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04778-5
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