Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Rhizosphere: A Curiosity or a Driving Force in Evolution?

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1997, Pages 399-429

  Wostemeyer J ^a   Wöstemeyer, A ^a   Voigt, K ^a  

^a Friedrich Schiller Universistät Jena ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 0344216584     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60080-4     Document Type: Article

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