Evolution of Social Bees and Their Microbiome (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Evolution of Social Bees and Their Microbiome

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Bees may have acquired their core microbiota around the same time as the transition to social lifestyles. Closely related bees have more similar microbiomes, suggesting co-diversification of host bees and their microbes.

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Waldan K. Kwong and John. S. Ascher

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