Horizontally transmitted symbiont populations in deep-sea mussels are genetically isolated
D. Romero Picazo, T. Dagan, R. Ansorge, J. M. Petersen, N. Dubilier, A. Kupczok
This study shows that horizontally transmitted symbionts in deep-sea mussels form genetically isolated populations due to restricted bacterial uptake and serial founder effects during host life-cycle.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2019Microbiology