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facultative endosymbiont

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on facultative endosymbiont with 9 nodes and 16 connections. Top connected: early-life trade-offs, lifetime reproductive success, Experimental predator manipulation with colony establishment, vertical transmission, endosymbiosis.

Definition

Endosymbiotic bacteria that are not essential for host survival and are maintained at intermediate frequencies.

Publications (1)

student_paper

Fitness costs of the aphid endosymbiont, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>

2010central

Related Concepts (4)

early-life trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

endosymbiosis

phenomenon1 shared paper

vertical transmission

process1 shared paper