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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.
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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 |