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SUBMITTER: Herrera P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474615 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herrera Paul P Schuster Lisa L Wentrup Cecilia C König Lena L Kempinger Thomas T Na Hyunsoo H Schwarz Jasmin J Köstlbacher Stephan S Wascher Florian F Zojer Markus M Rattei Thomas T Horn Matthias M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200819 35
Symbiosis with microbes is a ubiquitous phenomenon with a massive impact on all living organisms, shaping the world around us today. Theoretical and experimental studies show that vertical transmission of symbionts leads to the evolution of mutualistic traits, whereas horizontal transmission facilitates the emergence of parasitic features. However, these studies focused on phenotypic data, and we know little about underlying molecular changes at the genomic level. Here, we combined an experiment ...[more]