Lateral gene transfer and the nature of bacterial innovation

2000/05/01 by Howard Ochman, Jeffrey G. Lawrence, Eduardo A. Groisman · 3,056 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Bacteria #Bacterial genome size #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Biology #Character (mathematics) #Chromosome #Circular bacterial chromosome #DNA #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Gene transfer #Genetic diversity #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Horizontal gene transfer #Vibrio bacteria research studies

paper · doi:10.1038/35012500

published in Nature 405(6784), 299-304 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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