Global transcriptional rewiring provides recurrent evolutionary routes to insect-Escherichia coli mutualism
Yayun Wang, Ryuga Sugiyama, Yudai Nishide, Tomonari Nozaki, Masaki Mizutani, Ryutaro Suzuki, Minoru Moriyama, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu
The paper studies the evolution of insect-Escherichia coli mutualism by analyzing transcriptional changes in bacterial lineages that improve host performance.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology