Commensal vs. Mutualistic Partnership (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Commensal vs. Mutualistic Partnership

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To complete their life cycles, defective pararetrovirus (PRV) species have evolved to form partnerships which are maintained by frequent exchanges of their noncoding regulatory sequences (NRSs).

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Chen S. et al., PLOS Pathogens, June 29, 2017.

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