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Ecological genomics in Xanthomonas: the nature of genetic adaptation with homologous recombination and host shifts.
BMC genomics - 15 Mar 2015
Huang Chao-Li, Pu Pei-Hua, Huang Hao-Jen, Sung Huang-Mo, Liaw Hung-Jiun, Chen Yi-Min, Chen Chien-Ming, Huang Ming-Ban, Osada Naoki, Gojobori Takashi, Pai Tun-Wen, Chen Yu-Tin, Hwang Chi-Chuan, Chiang Tzen-Yuh
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BACKGROUND: Comparative genomics provides insights into the diversification of bacterial species. Bacterial speciation usually takes place with lasting homologous recombination, which not only acts as a cohering force between diverging lineages but brings advantageous alleles favored by natural selection, and results in ecologically distinct species, e.g., frequent host shift in Xanthomonas pathogenic to various...
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