VERTICAL SYMBIONTS. “Arthropods often acquire their symbionts vertically though the maternal germline as well as horizontally from the environment. Mammals obtain them through the maternal reproductive tract and from the mutual licking and grooming following birth.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022