Potential Effects of Horizontal Gene Exchange in the Human Gut
Many essential functions of the human body are dependent on the symbiotic microbiota, which is present at especially high numbers and diversity in the gut. This intricate host–microbe relationship is a result of the long-term coevolution between the two. While the inheritance of mutational changes i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01630/full |