Protist symbionts of termites: diversity, distribution, and coevolution

ABSTRACT The symbiosis between termites and their hindgut protists is mutually obligate and vertically inherited. It was established by the late Jurassic in the cockroach ancestors of termites as they transitioned to wood feeding. Since then, protist symbionts have been transmitted from host generat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2024-04, Vol.99 (2), p.622-652
1. Verfasser:	Gile, Gillian H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coevolution co‐phylogeny Cryptocercus Cytology Diversification Hindgut Isoptera Jurassic Kalotermitidae Metamonada microbiome Parabasalia Preaxostyla Rhinotermitidae Species richness Symbionts Symbiosis Systematics Taxa Taxonomy Teletisoptera Termites Trophallaxis
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