Gene gain and loss events in <it>Rickettsia </it>and <it>Orientia </it>species
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome degradation is an ongoing process in all members of the <it>Rickettsiales </it>order, which makes these bacterial species an excellent model for studying reductive evolution through interspecies variation in genome...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
| Online Access: | http://www.biology-direct.com/content/6/1/6 |