MicrobiologybioRxiv
Early steps in the evolution of vertical transmission revealed by a plant-bacterium symbiosis
F. De Meyer, B. Danneels, T. Acar…·A. Carlier
The paper studies a plant-bacterium symbiosis in Dioscorea sansibarensis, showing vertical transmission and identifying genes under positive selection in the symbiont.
DOI 10.1038/s41396-019-0398-8