On the need for widespread horizontal gene transfers under genome size constraint
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>While eukaryotes primarily evolve by duplication-divergence expansion (and reduction) of their own gene repertoire with only rare horizontal gene transfers, prokaryotes appear to evolve under both gene duplications and widespread hor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-08-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
| Online Access: | http://www.biology-direct.com/content/4/1/28 |