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Effect of the environment on horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and archaea

BACKGROUND: Horizontal gene transfer, the transfer and incorporation of genetic material between different species of organisms, has an important but poorly quantified role in the adaptation of microbes to their environment. Previous work has shown that genome size and the number of horizontally tra...

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Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Fuchsman, Clara A., Collins, Roy Eric, Rocap, Gabrielle, Brazelton, William J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624296/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28975058
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3865
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