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Microbiology

the loss of genes and shrinking of genomes in host-restricted symbionts and pathogens, driven largely by weak selection and drift.

In microbiology, reductive genome evolution refers to the loss of genes and shrinking of genomes in host-restricted symbionts and pathogens, driven largely by weak selection and drift. This meaning comes from McCutcheon (2011) in Nature Reviews Microbiology.[1]

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McCutcheon, J. P., & Moran, N. A. (2011). Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 10(1), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2670

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