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Review
. 2013 Apr 15:11:45.
doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-45.

Arthropods and inherited bacteria: from counting the symbionts to understanding how symbionts count

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Arthropods and inherited bacteria: from counting the symbionts to understanding how symbionts count

Olivier Duron et al. BMC Biol. .
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Evolutionary relationships of heritable bacteria found in arthropods (not exhaustive). Yellow, globally common heritable bacteria; green, rare heritable bacteria.

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