Search results : endosymbiosis : Nature
1. Genome watch: Fitting the niche by genomic adaptation
Nicholas Thomson, Stephen Bentley, Matthew Holden, Julian Parkhill
SUMMARY: Studying microbial genomics has shown that the genomes of bacteria are extremely dynamic in evolutionary terms. Many research groups have linked the adaptation of
CONTEXT: ...the authors to produce a hypothetical minimal set of genes that are necessary to sustain endosymbiosis. Curiously, the genome lacks several genes that are involved in...
Nature Reviews Microbiology 1, 92-93 (01 Nov 2003)
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