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Horizontal gene transfer, segregation loss and the speed of microbial adaptation

2025-03-18

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Microbial adaptation is driven by the circulation of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) among bacteria. On the one hand, MGEs can be viewed as selfish genes that spread like infectious diseases in a host population. On the other hand, the horizontal transfer and the loss of these MGEs is often viewed as a form of sexual reproduction that reshuffles genetic diversity in a way that may sometimes be adaptive for bacteria...

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Literature Corpus work: 02bd22a2-ca28-5502-b032-b7b1b1f390c9
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.18.643975

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