Horizontal gene transfer in chromalveolates
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the non-genealogical transfer of genetic material between different organisms, is considered a potentially important mechanism of genome evolution in eukaryotes. Using phylogenomic analyses of expresse...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/173 |