Tradeoffs between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation drive the evolution of genes essential for cyanobacterial heterocyst functionality
D. Kolan, E. Cattan-Tsaushu, H. Enav, Z. Freiman, N. Malinsky-Rushansky, S. Ninio, S. Avrani
The paper investigates the tradeoff between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation in diazotrophic cyanobacteria, identifying mutations and evolutionary mechanisms affecting heterocyst function.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2023Evolutionary Biology