A meta-analysis testing eusocial co-option theories in termite gut physiology and symbiosis

The termite gut accomplishes key physiologic functions that underlie termite symbiosis and sociality. However, potential candidate functions of the host-symbiont holobiome have not yet been explored across seemingly divergent processes such as digestion, immunity, caste differentiation, and xenobiot...

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Autores principales: Scharf, Michael E., Cai, Yunpeng, Sun, Yijun, Sen, Ruchira, Raychoudhury, Rhitoban, Boucias, Drion G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28428832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2017.1295187