The pan-genome as a shared genomic resource: Mutual cheating, cooperation and the black queen hypothesis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Fullmer, Matthew S ^a   Soucy, Shannon M ^a   Gogarten, Johann Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Black queen hypothesis; Gene transfer; Pan genome; Red queen hypothesis; Social cheating

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL FUNCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAN-GENOME; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84938909705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00728     Document Type: Note

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