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Mechanisms and Evolution of Heritable Microbial Density in Insect Hosts

Within-host density is a critically important aspect of vertically transmitted symbioses that influences the fitness of both hosts and microbes. I review recent studies of symbiont density in insects, including my laboratory’s work on pea aphids and maternally transmitted bacteria. These studies use...

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Autor principal: Parker, Benjamin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34463570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00728-21