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. 2019 Dec 18;9(6):519-520.
doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2019.11.009. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Defining Higher-Order Interactions in Synthetic Ecology: Lessons from Physics and Quantitative Genetics

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Defining Higher-Order Interactions in Synthetic Ecology: Lessons from Physics and Quantitative Genetics

Alvaro Sanchez. Cell Syst. .

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A new paper from Mickalide and Kuehn studies a well-controlled microbial trophic chain and identifies a high-order interaction between its species.

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