Lateral gene transfer in prokaryotes

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Campbell, Allan M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; PROKARYOTE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034001478     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1454     Document Type: Review

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