Horizontal gene transfer: The path to maturity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 725-727

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; METHANOSARCINA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0242606207     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03808.x     Document Type: Note

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