Host biology in light of the microbiome: Ten principles of holobionts and hologenomes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Bordenstein, Seth R ^a   Theis, Kevin R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; BOTANY; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOLOBIONT; HOLOGENOME; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY MUTUAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROFLORA; MUTATION; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; MUTATION; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84940662313     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002226     Document Type: Article

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