The bacteria that live inside aphids have such a cosy relationship with their hosts that they need few genes of their own, hinting that some of our own subcellular elements may have come about in a similar way.
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de Peyer, O. Bacteria on the fly. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000907-11
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000907-11
