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Evolutionary Instability of Symbiotic Function in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Bacterial mutualists are often acquired from the environment by eukaryotic hosts. However, both theory and empirical work suggest that this bacterial lifestyle is evolutionarily unstable. Bacterial evolution outside of the host is predicted to favor traits that promote an independent lifestyle in th...

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Autores principales: Sachs, Joel L., Russell, James E., Hollowell, Amanda C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22073160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026370