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Genome-wide survey of mutual homologous recombination in a highly sexual bacterial species.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2012
Yahara Koji, Kawai Mikihiko, Furuta Yoshikazu, Takahashi Noriko, Handa Naofumi, Tsuru Takeshi, Oshima Kenshiro, Yoshida Masaru, Azuma Takeshi, Hattori Masahira, Uchiyama Ikuo, Kobayashi Ichizo
Abstract excerpt
The nature of a species remains a fundamental and controversial question. The era of genome/metagenome sequencing has intensified the debate in prokaryotes because of extensive horizontal gene transfer. In this study, we conducted a genome-wide survey of outcrossing homologous recombination in the highly sexual bacterial species Helicobacter pylori. We conducted multiple genome alignment and analyzed the entire...
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