Vertical Inheritance Facilitates Interspecies Diversification in Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Specialized Metabolites
ABSTRACT While specialized metabolites are thought to mediate ecological interactions, the evolutionary processes driving chemical diversification, particularly among closely related lineages, remain poorly understood. Here, we examine the evolutionary dynamics governing the distribution of natural...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-12-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02700-21 |