Horizontal gene transfer among bacteria and its role in biological evolution

Life

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-224

  Arber, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolution genes; Gene acquisition; Gene domestication; Gene vectors; Genetic variation; Laws of nature; Microbial genetics; Microbiome; Natural selection; Recombinant DNA molecules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900839965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life4020217     Document Type: Review

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