Abstract
Much of the undescribed biodiversity on Earth is microbial, often in mutualistic or pathogenic associations. Physically associated and coevolving life forms comprise a symbiome. We propose that systematics research can accelerate progress in science by introducing a new framework for phylogenetic analysis of symbiomes, here termed SYMPHY (symbiome phylogenetics).
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 552-555 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Trends in Ecology and Evolution |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Keywords
- holobiont
- microbe
- paradigm
- phylogeny
- symbiome
- tree