Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
BACKGROUND: The evolutionary importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria to their eukaryotic hosts is a topic of considerable interest and debate. Recent transfers of genome fragments from Wolbachia into insect chromosomes have been reported, but it has been a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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