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Molecular evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of fungi.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2010
Castillo Dean M, Pawlowska Teresa E
Abstract excerpt
The prediction that progressive coupling of host and symbiont metabolic and reproductive interests leads to reduced mixing of symbiont lineages has been verified extensively in maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbionts of insects. To test whether this prediction is also applicable to associations of bacteria with fungi, we explored patterns of molecular evolution in two lineages of mutualistic endosymbionts...
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