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GENOME EVOLUTION

The unpredictable road to reduction

Genomes of multiple independently transitioned obligate symbionts reveal lineage-specific gene loss and unexpected gene retentions.

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Klasson, L. The unpredictable road to reduction. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1062–1063 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0263-y

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