Gene mobility promotes the spread of resistance in bacterial populations

Theory predicts that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) expands the selective conditions under which genes spread in bacterial populations. Whereas vertically inherited genes can only spread by positively selected clonal expansion, mobile genetic elements can drive fixation of genes by infectious HGT. W...

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Autores principales: Stevenson, Cagla, Hall, James PJ, Harrison, Ellie, Wood, AJamie, Brockhurst, Michael A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.42

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