Darwinian selection of host and bacteria supports emergence of Lamarckian-like adaptation of the system as a whole

Background The relatively fast selection of symbiotic bacteria within hosts and the potential transmission of these bacteria across generations of hosts raise the question of whether interactions between host and bacteria support emergent adaptive capabilities beyond those of germ-f...

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Main Authors: Osmanovic, Dino, Kessler, David A, Rabin, Yitzhak, Soen, Yoav
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biomed Central Ltd 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118856