GENOMIC EXPANSION. “The intertwining of animal and bacterial genomes is not just historical: by coopting the vastly more diverse genetic repertoire present in its bacterial partners, a host can rapidly expand its metabolic potential, thereby extending both its ecological versatility and responsiveness to environmental change.”
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022