Article
Plasmids, Viruses, And Other Circular Elements In Rat Gut
2017-06-06
Abstract excerpt
Circular DNA such as plasmids and some viruses is the major source of genetic variation in bacteria and thus has the same important evolutionary function as sexual reproduction in eukaryotic species: It allows dissemination of advantageous traits through bacterial populations. Here, we present the largest collection of novel complete extrachromosomal genetic elements to date, and compare the diversity, distributio...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 590b29da-7588-5f7d-87d0-3296d9df1101
- DOI
- 10.1101/143420
