Horizontal gene transfer: A universal phenomenon

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 939-943

  Panoff, Jean Michel ^a   Chuiton, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Gene; GMO; Horizontal transfer; Lateral transfer; Stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 8844238494     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030490513928     Document Type: Article

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