Horizontal gene transfer and the earliest stages of the evolution of life

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Poole, Anthony M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communal Ancestor; Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer (HGT); Lamarckian inheritance; Levels of selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHERITANCE; LIFE HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

LAMARCKIA;

EID: 70349985747     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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