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Bacteria from natural populations transfer plasmids mostly towards their kin

Plasmids play a key role in microbial ecology and evolution, yet the determinants of plasmid transfer rates are poorly understood. Particularly, interactions between donor hosts and potential recipients are understudied. Here, we investigate the importance of genetic similarity between naturally co-...

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Autores principales: Dimitriu, Tatiana, Marchant, Lauren, Buckling, Angus, Raymond, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31238848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1110