New preprint from my lab, led by fantastic postdoc @kevinricks.bsky.social! The evolution of a more beneficial host-microbe mutualism does not always require a host--microbes can evolve to benefit hosts even when free-living. Feedback welcome!
Megan Frederickson
Preprint of some of my postdoctoral research with @mfrederickson.bsky.social examining the evolution of beneficial microbial symbionts in duckweed www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
