ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
Small genome symbiont underlies cuticle hardness in beetles.
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Abstract
Beetles, representing the majority of the insect species diversity, are characterized by thick and hard cuticle, which plays important roles for their environmental adaptation and underpins their inordinate diversity and prosperity. Here, we report a bacterial endosymbiont extremely specialized for sustaining beetle's cuticle formation. Many weevils are associated with a γ-proteobacterial endosymbiont lineage
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