Arsenophonus and Sodalis replacements shape evolution of symbiosis in louse flies
Symbiotic interactions between insects and bacteria are ubiquitous and form a continuum from loose facultative symbiosis to greatly intimate and stable obligate symbiosis. In blood-sucking insects living exclusively on vertebrate blood, obligate endosymbionts are essential for hosts and hypothesized...
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-12-01
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