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. 2024 Apr 22;34(8):R323-R325.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.009.

Symbiosis: Did bacteria bias the beetle big bang?

Joseph Parker  1
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Symbiosis: Did bacteria bias the beetle big bang?

Joseph Parker. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The massive species richness of certain taxonomic groups has long enchanted evolutionary biologists, but even within such groups there are biases in cladogenesis. A study of Metazoa's greatest radiation - the beetles - points to metabolic symbioses with bacteria as a possible driver of enhanced diversification in herbivorous clades.

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