Gradual evolution in bacteria: evidence from Bacillus systematics.

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The bacterial genome projects have suggested a central role for horizontal transfer in bacterial adaptation, but it is difficult to rule out an adaptive role for ordinary genetic change in existing genes. The bacterial systematics literature can readily address the importance of gene acquisition in adaptive evolution, since phenotypic characterization typically assesses presence versus absence of metabolic...

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