Horizontal DNA Transfer Mechanisms of Bacteria as Weapons of Intragenomic Conflict

Horizontal DNA transfer (HDT) is a pervasive mechanism of diversification in many microbial species, but its primary evolutionary role remains controversial. Much recent research has emphasised the adaptive benefit of acquiring novel DNA, but here we argue instead that intragenomic conflict provides...

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Autores principales: Croucher, Nicholas J., Mostowy, Rafal, Wymant, Christopher, Turner, Paul, Bentley, Stephen D., Fraser, Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002394

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002394

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