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Parallels between experimental and natural evolution of legume symbionts.
Nature communications - 11 Jun 2018
Clerissi Camille, Touchon Marie, Capela Delphine, Tang Mingxing, Cruveiller Stéphane, Genthon Clémence, Lopez-Roques Céline, Parker Matthew A, Moulin Lionel, Masson-Boivin Catherine, Rocha Eduardo P C
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of symbiotic interactions has been studied using population genomics in nature and experimental evolution in the laboratory, but the parallels between these processes remain unknown. Here we compare the emergence of rhizobia after the horizontal transfer of a symbiotic plasmid in natural populations of Cupriavidus taiwanensis, over 10 MY ago, with the experimental evolution of symbiotic Ralstonia...
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