The evolution of interdependence in a four-way mealybug symbiosis
A. I. Garber, M. Kupper, D. R. Laetsch, S. R. Weldon, M. S. Ladinsky, P. J. Bjorkman, J. P. McCutcheon
This paper studies the genomic and metabolic interdependence of two recently acquired gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts in mealybugs, showing their rapid adaptation to an intracellular lifestyle.
bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2021Evolutionary Biology