Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont
T. J. Carrier, L. Schmittmann, S. Jung, L. Pita, U. Hentschel
The paper investigates vertical transmission of an obligate symbiont in a viviparous sponge, finding that symbiont provision varies with reproductive output and offspring size, challenging previous assumptions based on oviparous species.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology