Parallels between experimental and natural evolution of legume symbionts

Camille Clerissi; Marie Touchon; Delphine Capela; Mingxing Tang; Stéphane Cruveiller; Clémence Genthon; Céline Lopez-Roques; Matthew A. Parker; Lionel Moulin; Catherine Masson-Boivin; Eduardo P. C. Rocha

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04778-5

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Parallels between experimental and natural evolution of legume symbionts

Camille Clerissi,
Marie Touchon,
Delphine Capela,
Mingxing Tang,
Stéphane Cruveiller,
Clémence Genthon,
Céline Lopez-Roques,
Matthew A. Parker,
Lionel Moulin,
Catherine Masson-Boivin,
Eduardo P. C. Rocha

Affiliations

Camille Clerissi: Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Institut Pasteur
Marie Touchon: Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Institut Pasteur
Delphine Capela: LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS
Mingxing Tang: LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS
Stéphane Cruveiller: LABGeM, Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université d’Evry, Université Paris-Saclay
Clémence Genthon: INRA, US 1426, GeT-PlaGe
Céline Lopez-Roques: INRA, US 1426, GeT-PlaGe
Matthew A. Parker: Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York
Lionel Moulin: IRD, Cirad, Université de Montpellier, IPME
Catherine Masson-Boivin: LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS
Eduardo P. C. Rocha: Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Institut Pasteur

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04778-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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It is unclear if experimental evolution is a good model for natural processes. Here, Clerissi et al. find parallels between the evolution of symbiosis in rhizobia after horizontal transfer of a plasmid over 10 million years ago and experimentally evolved symbionts.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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