Revisiting the concept of lineage in prokaryotes: a phylogenetic perspective.

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Mutation and lateral transfer are two categories of processes generating genetic diversity in prokaryotic genomes. Their relative importance varies between lineages, yet both are complementary rather than independent, separable evolutionary forces. The replication process inevitably merges together their effects on the genome. We develop the concept of "open lineages" to characterize evolutionary lineages that...

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