STREAMLINING AND OUTSOURCING. Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria. “These symbionts have numerous features in common, such as extraordinarily fast protein evolution and a high abundance of chaperones. Together, these features point to highly degenerate genomes that retain only the most essential functions, often including a considerable fraction of genes that serve the hosts.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022