Parallel Compensatory Evolution Stabilizes Plasmids across the Parasitism-Mutualism Continuum

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.024
• Publication Date: 2015-07-17T05:30:46Z
• Authors: Ellie Harrison; David Guymer; Andrew J. Spiers; Steve Paterson; Michael A. Brockh...
• Keywords: Horizontal Gene Transfer; Mutualism; Gene transfer

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