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Adaptive immunity increases the pace and predictability of evolutionary change in commensal gut bacteria

Co-evolution between the mammalian immune system and the gut microbiota is believed to have shaped the microbiota's astonishing diversity. Here we test the corollary hypothesis that the adaptive immune system, directly or indirectly, influences the evolution of commensal species. We compare the...

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Autores principales: Barroso-Batista, João, Demengeot, Jocelyne, Gordo, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26615893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9945