Environmental disruption of Host-Microbe co-adaptation as a potential driving force in evolution

The microbiome is known to have a profound effect on the development, physiology and health of its host. Whether and how it also contributes to evolutionary diversification of the host is, however, unclear. Here we hypothesize that disruption of the microbiome by new stressful environments interfere...

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Main Author: Yoav eSoen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00168/full