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Think laterally: horizontal gene transfer from symbiotic microbes may extend the phenotype of marine sessile hosts

Since the origin of the animal kingdom, marine animals have lived in association with viruses, prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes, often as symbionts. This long and continuous interaction has provided ample opportunity not only for the evolution of intimate interactions such as sharing of metabo...

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Autor principal: Degnan, Sandie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25477875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00638

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