PNAS

Scrambled and not-so-tiny genomes of fungal endosymbionts [Microbiology]

C.-H. Kuo.
Symbiosis, defined as prolonged and close association of two or more different organisms, is a major driving force for expansion of biological diversity from genes to ecosystems. In the most intimate form, the symbiont lives inside the cells of its host, is heritable, and the two parties could no longer...