Examining Ancient Inter-domain Horizontal Gene Transfer

Details of the genomic changes that occurred in the ancestors of Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria are elusive. Ancient interdomain horizontal gene transfer (IDHGT) amongst the ancestors of these three domains has been difficult to detect and analyze because of the extreme degree of divergence of genes i...

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Main Authors: Francisca C. Almeida, Magdalena Leszczyniecka, Paul B. Fisher, Rob DeSalle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=773