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Supra-operonic clusters of functionally related genes (SOCs) are a source of horizontal gene co-transfers

Adaptation of bacteria occurs predominantly via horizontal gene transfer (HGT). While it is widely recognized that horizontal acquisitions frequently encompass multiple genes, it is unclear what the size distribution of successfully transferred DNA segments looks like and what evolutionary forces sh...

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Autores principales: Pang, Tin Yau, Lercher, Martin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28067311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40294