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The evolution of bacterial transformation: sex with poor relations.
Genetics - 1 May 1997
Redfield R J, Schrag M R, Dean A M
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria are the only organisms known to actively take up DNA and recombine it into their genomes. While such natural transformation systems may provide many of the same benefits that sexual reproduction provides eukaryotes, there are important differences that critically alter the consequences, especially when recombination's main benefit is reducing the mutation load. Here, analytical and numerical methods are...
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