Phylogenomics and analysis of shared genes suggest a single transition to mutualism in Wolbachia of nematodes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1668-1674

  Comandatore, Francesco ^a   Sassera, Davide ^a   Montagna, Matteo ^a   Kumar, Sujai ^b,e   Koutsovoulos, Georgios ^b   Thomas, Graham ^b   Repton, Charlotte ^b   Babayan, Simon A ^b,f   Gray, Nick ^b   Cordaux, Richard ^c   Darby, Alistair ^d   Makepeace, Benjamin ^d   Blaxter, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Litomosoides sigmodontis; Mutualism; Phylogenomics; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ENDOSYMBIOSIS; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENOMICS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84892540871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt125     Document Type: Article

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