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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Main Authors: Alexander B. Chase, Douglas Sweeney, Mitchell N. Muskat, Dulce G. Guillén-Matus, Paul R. Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02700-21