GenomicsCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis
Stefanos Siozios, Pol Nadal‐Jimenez, Tal Azagi…·Gregory D. D. Hurst
This study uses comparative genomics of Arsenophonus to show that endosymbionts initially expand their genomes through horizontal gene transfer and loss of defense systems, followed by genome reduction.
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