Horizontal gene transfer: Pitfalls and promises

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-362

  Gogarten, J Peter ^a   Murphey, Ryan D ^a   Olendzenski, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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GENE TRANSFER;

EID: 0033152043     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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