Bet hedging in the underworld
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Under starvation conditions, the soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti divides into two types of daughter cell: one suited to short-term and the other to long-term starvation.
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Previous studies that comprehensively discovered and characterized genes lost in humans and related primates were limited to the human genome or involved manual curation, which prevents a large-scale application to many other species.
“Previous studies that comprehensively discovered and characterized genes that are lost in humans and related primates were limited to the human genome19 or involved manual curation13,22, which prevents a large-scale application to many other species.”
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Sharma, V., Hecker, N., Roscito, J. G., Foerster, L., Langer, B. E., & Hiller, M. (2018) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03667-1 · Cited by 237 · see citing works
- Authors
- Zhang, X.-X., & Rainey, P. B.
- Affiliations
- Massey University (NZ)
- ORCID
- Rainey, Paul B
- Venue
- Genome Biology
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 137-137
- ISSN
- 1465-6906 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-760X
- PMC
- PMC3218651
- OpenAlex
- W2143352388
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 0.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Genome biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Keywords
- bet-hedging, Sinorhizobium meliloti, starvation, bacterial cell division, soil bacteria
- MeSH terms
- Polyhydroxybutyrates, Adaptation, Biological, Biological Evolution, Hydroxybutyrates, Phenotype, Polyesters, Sinorhizobium meliloti, 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Genetic Fitness
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