Signs of neutralization in a redundant gene involved in homologous recombination in Wolbachia Endosymbionts

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2654-2664

  Badawi, Myriam ^a   Giraud, Isabelle ^a   Vavre, Fabrice ^b   Gre'Ve, Pierre ^a   Cordaux, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

endosymbiosis; gene loss; genomic reduction; molecular evolution; nonorthologous gene displacement.; selection relaxation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84934954896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu207     Document Type: Article

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