Functional and ecological impacts of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-619

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 71749093488     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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