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Assessing the benefits of horizontal gene transfer by laboratory evolution and genome sequencing.

BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Apr 2018

Chu Hoi Yee, Sprouffske Kathleen, Wagner Andreas

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BACKGROUND: Recombination is widespread across the tree of life, because it helps purge deleterious mutations and creates novel adaptive traits. In prokaryotes, it often takes the form of horizontal gene transfer from a donor to a recipient bacterium. While such transfer is widespread in natural communities, its immediate fitness benefits are usually unknown. We asked whether any such benefits depend on the...

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PMID: 29673327
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1164-7
PMCID: PMC5909237

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