Genome degeneration affects both extracellular and intracellular bacterial endosymbionts

The obligate intracellular bacterial endosymbionts of insects are a paradigm for reductive genome evolution. A study published recently in BMC Biology demonstrates that similar evolutionary forces shaping genome structure may also apply to extracellular endosymbionts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Feldhaar, Heike, Gross, Roy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19435469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol129

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19435469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol129

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