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Patterns of gene flow define species of thermophilic Archaea.
PLoS biology - 1 Feb 2012
Cadillo-Quiroz Hinsby, Didelot Xavier, Held Nicole L, Herrera Alfa, Darling Aaron, Reno Michael L, Krause David J, Whitaker Rachel J
Abstract excerpt
Despite a growing appreciation of their vast diversity in nature, mechanisms of speciation are poorly understood in Bacteria and Archaea. Here we use high-throughput genome sequencing to identify ongoing speciation in the thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. Patterns of homologous ge...
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