Evolution of variation in presence and absence of genes in bacterial pathways

Evolution of variation in presence and absence of genes in bacterial pathways

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bacterial genomes exhibit a remarkable degree of variation in the presence and absence of genes, which probably extends to the level of individual pathways. This variation may be a consequence of the significant evolutionary role pla...

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Main Authors: Francis Andrew R, Tanaka Mark M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Bacteria
Evolution
Pathway
Cryptic genetic variation
de Finetti
Mathematical model
Horizontal gene transfer
Reductive evolution
Genome evolution
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/55

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