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Increased Mutation Rate Is Linked to Genome Reduction in Prokaryotes.
Current biology : CB - 5 Oct 2020
Bourguignon Thomas, Kinjo Yukihiro, Villa-Martín Paula, Coleman Nicholas V, Tang Qian, Arab Daej A, Wang Zongqing, Tokuda Gaku, Hongoh Yuichi, Ohkuma Moriya, Ho Simon Y W, Pigolotti Simone, Lo Nathan
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary processes that drive variation in genome size across the tree of life remain unresolved. Effective population size (Ne) is thought to play an important role in shaping genome size [1-3]-a key example being the reduced genomes of insect endosymbionts, which undergo population bottlenecks during transmission [4]. However, the existence of reduced genomes in marine and terrestrial prokaryote species...
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