TRADING UP. “Numerous clear examples of an ancient obligate symbiont being joined or replaced by a newer one are evident, including several in the sap-feeding insects of suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A likely driver for adding a new symbiont is the degradation of functions in an ancient one: A new symbiont can replace or supplement functions that are lost or inefficient in the older partner.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022