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Extreme Genomic Makeover: Evolutionary History of Maternally-transmitted Clam Symbionts
Maëva Perez, Corinna Breusing, Bernard Angers…·C. Robert Young
This study investigates the factors driving reductive genome evolution in vertically-transmitted clam symbionts, finding that neutral processes dominate with horizontal gene transfer and selection playing significant roles.
DOI 10.1101/2020.02.01.930370