Sex and the origin of genetic exchanges

Trends in Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Lodé, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Eukaryotes; Horizontal gene transfer; Libertine bubble theory; Meiosis; Sex origin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84863850676     PISSN: 20362641     EISSN: 2036265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/eb.2012.e1     Document Type: Article

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