Loss of genes for DNA recombination and repair in the reductive genome evolution of thioautotrophic symbionts of <it>Calyptogena </it>clams
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Two <it>Calyptogena </it>clam intracellular obligate symbionts, <it>Ca</it>. Vesicomyosocius okutanii (Vok; <it>C. okutanii </it>symbiont) and <it>Ca</it>. Ruthia magnifica (Rma; <it...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/285 |