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Bacterial genetic exchange in nature.
Science progress - 1 Jan 1995
Ogunseitan O A
Abstract excerpt
Most bacteria are haploid organisms containing only one copy of each gene per cell for most of the growth cycle. This means that the chance for correcting random mutations in bacterial genes would depend entirely on the complementarity inherent in DNA structures, unless homologous DNA sequences can be imported from outside the cell. Bacteria, like all living organisms have evolved at least one autonomous...
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