Ecological stability masks rapid, convergent evolution within the honey bee worker microbiome
While ecological dynamics within host-associated microbiomes are well-documented, how evolutionary processes unfold within them remains poorly understood. Using longitudinal metagenomics, we quantified ecological and evolutionary dynamics across over 1,000 bacterial genomes from honey bee worker microbiomes sampled across 12 colonies. We show that microbial community composition is strongly tied…
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