Evolving together: the biology of symbiosis, part 2.

@article{citeulike:1023163, abstract = {Symbiotic trade-offs dominate the world of biology and medicine in colonist-host relationships and between separate, mutually dependent organisms of different species. Infectious and parasitic diseases can be better understood by exploring the dynamic continuum between pathogenicity and mutualism, between antagonism and cooperation-the sliding scale along which microorganisms can move in a moment's notice with a single nucleotide substitution. Organisms practicing piracy or pastoralism may be close genetic relatives. Mergers occur not only between cells but also between genomes; viruses co-opt host genes and in turn insert themselves into host genomes. Separate organisms, from ants to fungi to plants, establish symbiotic ties with each other that bind over deep time, generating much of the diversity we see in nature.}, address = {Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. dimijian@home.com}, author = {Dimijian, G. G. }, citeulike-article-id = {1023163}, issn = {0899-8280}, journal = {Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)}, keywords = {ecology, essay, evolution, parasitology, symbiosis, trade-off}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {381--390}, posted-at = {2007-01-03 10:37:03}, priority = {0}, title = {Evolving together: the biology of symbiosis, part 2.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16389348}, volume = {13}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1023163 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1023163 TI - Evolving together: the biology of symbiosis, part 2. JF - Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 381 EP - 390 AD - Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. dimijian@home.com SN - 0899-8280 N2 - Symbiotic trade-offs dominate the world of biology and medicine in colonist-host relationships and between separate, mutually dependent organisms of different species. Infectious and parasitic diseases can be better understood by exploring the dynamic continuum between pathogenicity and mutualism, between antagonism and cooperation-the sliding scale along which microorganisms can move in a moment's notice with a single nucleotide substitution. Organisms practicing piracy or pastoralism may be close genetic relatives. Mergers occur not only between cells but also between genomes; viruses co-opt host genes and in turn insert themselves into host genomes. Separate organisms, from ants to fungi to plants, establish symbiotic ties with each other that bind over deep time, generating much of the diversity we see in nature. KW - ecology KW - essay KW - evolution KW - parasitology KW - symbiosis KW - trade-off AU - Dimijian, GG PY - 2000/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16389348 ER -