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Selfish, promiscuous and sometimes useful: how mobile genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer in microbial populations
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) drives microbial adaptation but is often under the control of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) whose interests are not necessarily aligned with those of their hosts. In general, transfer is costly to the donor cell while potentially beneficial to the recipients. The dive...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9393566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0234 |