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Microbiology

the view that a host and its microbes form a unit of selection whose combined genomes evolve together.

In microbiology, hologenome theory refers to the view that a host and its microbes form a unit of selection whose combined genomes evolve together. This meaning comes from Zilber-Rosenberg (2008) in FEMS Microbiology Reviews.[1]

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Zilber-Rosenberg, I., & Rosenberg, E. (2008). Role of microorganisms in the evolution of animals and plants: the hologenome theory of evolution. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32(5), 723-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00123.x

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