Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria: an ecological and evolutionary perspective

In recent years, molecular genetics and genome analysis provided extensive evidence that gene loss and acquisition are likely to be the primary mechanisms by which bacteria genetically adapt to novel or changed environments and by which bacterial populations diverge and form separate, evolutionary...

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Main Authors: Matjaž PETERKA, Tomaž ACCETTO, Gorazd AVGUŠTIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2000-11-01
Series:Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/15811