Extreme Genomic Makeover: Evolutionary History of Maternally-transmitted Clam Symbionts
Maëva Perez, Corinna Breusing, Bernard Angers, YJ Won, 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.
bioRxiv · Feb 1, 2020 · PreprintGenomics