Microbes Drive Evolution of Animals and Plants: the Hologenome Concept

ABSTRACT 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 nat...

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Main Authors: Eugene Rosenberg, Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ac23f2a13e0f4363bf74d286ea09c301
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