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High intraspecific recombination rate in a native population of Candidatus pelagibacter ubique (SAR11).
Environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2007
Vergin Kevin L, Tripp H James, Wilhelm Larry J, Denver Dee R, Rappé Michael S, Giovannoni Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Recombination is an important process in microbial evolution. Rates of recombination with extracellular DNA matter because models of microbial population structure are profoundly influenced by the degree to which recombination is occurring within the population. Low rates of recombination may be sufficient to ensure the lateral propagation of genes that have a high selective advantage without disrupting the...
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