Study: metabolsim not the limiting factor in prokaryotic endosymbiosis (IMAGE)

Santa Fe Institute

Study: metabolsim not the limiting factor in prokaryotic endosymbiosis

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(From left) Eric Libby, Jordan Okie, and Christopher Kempes, authors of a new study in PNAS, explore metabolic compatibility as one possible limiting factor to prokayrotic endosymbioses.

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(images: Gabrielle Beans/Umeå University; Jennifer Richter/Arizona State University; InSight Foto/SFI)

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