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Impermanence of bacterial clones

Bacteria reproduce asexually and pass on a single genome copied from the parent, a reproductive mode that assures the clonal descent of progeny; however, a truly clonal bacterial species is extremely rare. The signal of clonality can be interrupted by gene uptake and exchange, initiating homologous...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Bobay, Louis-Marie, Traverse, Charles C., Ochman, Howard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517237/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26195749
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501724112
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