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Biogeography of the Sulfolobus islandicus pan-genome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 May 2009
Reno Michael L, Held Nicole L, Fields Christopher J, Burke Patricia V, Whitaker Rachel J
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Variation in gene content has been hypothesized to be the primary mode of adaptive evolution in microorganisms; however, very little is known about the spatial and temporal distribution of variable genes. Through population-scale comparative genomics of 7 Sulfolobus islandicus genomes from 3 locations, we demonstrate the biogeographical structure of the pan-genome of this species, with no evidence of gene flow...
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