Statistical Mechanics of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Evolutionary Ecology

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1301

  Chia, Nicholas ^a   Goldenfeld, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Metagenomics; Mobile genetic elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954628103     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-010-0112-8     Document Type: Review

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