Mechanisms of gene flow in archaea
Mechanisms of gene flow in archaea
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is essential for genome evolution across the tree of life and has an important role in archaeal speciation, adaptation, and maintenance of diversity.
Many of the horizontally acquired genes in archaea are involved in metabolism and cell envelope biogenesis and therefore likely provided a selective adv...
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Mechanisms of gene flow in archaea
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1899111657
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1899111657
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1740-1526
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1740-1534
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10.1038/nrmicro.2017.41
