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Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution.

Nature reviews. Microbiology - 1 Sept 2005

Gogarten J Peter, Townsend Jeffrey P

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To what extent is the tree of life the best representation of the evolutionary history of microorganisms? Recent work has shown that, among sets of prokaryotic genomes in which most homologous genes show extremely low sequence divergence, gene content can vary enormously, implying that those genes that are variably present or absent are frequently horizontally transferred. Traditionally, successful horizontal...

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PMID: 16138096
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1204

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