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A dual endosymbiosis supports nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum
Many animals are dependent on microbial partners that provide essential nutrients lacking from their diet. Ticks, whose diet consists exclusively on vertebrate blood, rely on maternally inherited bacterial symbionts to supply B vitamins. While previously studied tick species consistently harbor a si...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34951405 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72747 |