Prokaryotic evolution in light of gene transfer

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2226-2238

  Gogarten, J Peter ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^b   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial speciation; Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer; Niche; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 0036898759     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004046     Document Type: Article

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