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: Eugene Rosenberg, Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e01395-15