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Expression of multiple horizontally acquired genes is a hallmark of both vertebrate and invertebrate genomes

BACKGROUND: A fundamental concept in biology is that heritable material, DNA, is passed from parent to offspring, a process called vertical gene transfer. An alternative mechanism of gene acquisition is through horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which involves movement of genetic material between diffe...

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Autores principales: Crisp, Alastair, Boschetti, Chiara, Perry, Malcolm, Tunnacliffe, Alan, Micklem, Gos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0607-3