Reply to Monteil et al.: Universal presence of core magnetite biomineralization genes points to ancient symbiosis
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210188119
Abstract: that, although the hypothesis of ancient symbiotic events leading to transfer of magnetite biomineralization genes (MBGs) from magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) to eukaryotes has been raised for decades (2), Bellinger et al. (3) do not provide… read more here.
Keywords: reply monteil; core; biomineralization genes; distant homologs ... See more keywords