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The maintenance of sex in bacteria is ensured by its potential to reload genes.

Genetics - 1 Dec 2006

Szöllosi Gergely J, Derényi Imre, Vellai Tibor

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Why sex is maintained in nature is a fundamental question in biology. Natural genetic transformation (NGT) is a sexual process by which bacteria actively take up exogenous DNA and use it to replace homologous chromosomal sequences. As it has been demonstrated, the role of NGT in repairing deleterious mutations under constant selection is insufficient for its survival, and the lack of other viable explanations...

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PMID: 17028325
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.063412
PMCID: PMC1698621

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