Symbiogenesis: The holobiont as a unit of evolution

International Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-143

  Guerrero, Ricardo ^a   Margulis, Lynn ^b   Berlanga, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Holobiome; Holobiont; Microbiome; Microbiota; Symbiogenesis; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INSECTS; MICROBIOTA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84890672077     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.188     Document Type: Article

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