by Merry and ElioOrganelles were endosymbionts that either made good or were enslaved, depending on your point of view. Either way, some of their genes now reside in the nuclear genome of their eukaryote host. We also know that there are some bacterial en

Postgenomic

by Merry and ElioOrganelles were endosymbionts that either made good or were enslaved, depending on your point of view. Either way, some of their genes now reside in the nuclear genome of their eukaryote host. We also know that there are some bacterial endosymbionts

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