Comparative Genomics in Prokaryotes

The Evolution of the Genome

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 585-675

  Gregory T , Ryan ^a   DeSalle, Rob ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012301463-4/50012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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