Wird geladen...

Adaptation through genetic time travel? Fluctuating selection can drive the evolution of bacterial transformation

Natural transformation is a process whereby bacteria actively take up DNA from the surrounding environment and incorporate it into their genome. Natural transformation is widespread in bacteria, but its evolutionary significance is still debated. Here, we hypothesize that transformation may confer a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Engelstädter, Jan, Moradigaravand, Danesh
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2014
Schlagworte:
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866407/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285199
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2609
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!