Microbes Drive Evolution of Animals and Plants: the Hologenome Concept

The hologenome concept of evolution postulates that the holobiont (host plus symbionts) with its hologenome (host genome plus microbiome) is a level of selection in evolution. Multicellular organisms can no longer be considered individuals by the classical definitions of the term. Every natural anim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosenberg, Eugene, Zilber-Rosenberg, Ilana
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817260/