The tiniest genomes shrink much further: extreme reductive evolution in planthopper symbionts
Anna Michalik, Diego C. Franco, Junchen Deng, Monika Prus-Frankowska, Adam Stroiński, Piotr Łukasik
The paper presents the smallest bacterial genomes known and evaluates patterns of reductive evolution in planthopper symbionts.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology