期刊
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
卷 68, 期 8, 页码 1353-1368出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0649-y
关键词
Synthetic biology; Artificial symbiosis; Ecology; Evolution
资金
- W.M. Keck Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [1 DP2 OD006498-01]
- National Science Foundation BEACON Science and Technology Center
- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Genomics: GTL Foundational Science through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Genomics: GTL Foundational Science through U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
The web of life is weaved from diverse symbiotic interactions between species. Symbioses vary from antagonistic interactions such as competition and predation to beneficial interactions such as mutualism. What are the bases for the origin and persistence of symbiosis? What affects the ecology and evolution of symbioses? How do symbiotic interactions generate ecological patterns? How do symbiotic partners evolve and coevolve? Many of these questions are difficult to address in natural systems. Artificial systems, from abstract to living, have been constructed to capture essential features of natural symbioses and to address these key questions. With reduced complexity and increased controllability, artificial systems can serve as useful models for natural systems. We review how artificial systems have contributed to our understanding of symbioses.
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