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Strong within-host selection in a maternally inherited obligate symbiont: Buchnera and aphids

Numerous animal lineages have maternally inherited symbionts that are required for host reproduction and growth. Endosymbionts also pose a risk to their hosts because of the mutational decay of their genomes through genetic drift or to selfish mutations that favor symbiont fitness over host fitness....

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Autores principales: Perreau, Julie, Zhang, Bo, Maeda, Gerald P., Kirkpatrick, Mark, Moran, Nancy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102467118