Example sentences for: mutualists

How can you use “mutualists” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Like other parasites, but unlike long-term mutualists,

  • Stability also extends to the level of gene expression, as obligate mutualists have lost most regulatory functions and have reduced abilities to respond to environmental stimuli (Wilcox et al.

  • Obligate mutualists also experience genetic conflicts with the host regarding transmission mode and number.

  • Such deletions are apparently irreversible in obligate mutualists, which lack recombination functions and genetic elements, such as prophages, transposons, and repetitive DNA that typically mediate gene acquisition.

  • By allowing their hosts to exploit otherwise inadequate food sources and habitats, the acquisition of these mutualists can be viewed as a key innovation in the evolution of the host (Moran and Telang 1998).


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