The Evolutionary Value of Helpful Microbes: A Response to Shapira

Trends Ecol Evol. 2017 Feb;32(2):84-85. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.002. Epub 2016 Dec 1.

Authors

Allen Rodrigo¹, Madison Rogers², Blake Bohlig²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Current address: Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton 2600, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

PMID: 27915201
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.002

No abstract available

Keywords: cost–benefit; fitness; functions; hosts; microbiome.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Humans
Symbiosis*