Experimental evolution as an underutilized tool for studying beneficial animal-microbe interactions

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Hoang, Kim L ^a   Morran, Levi T ^a   Gerardo, Nicole M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Experimental evolution; Host microbe interactions; Mutualisms; Novel symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENOTYPE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84993237044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01444     Document Type: Review

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