Evolutionary history of bacteriophages with double-stranded DNA genomes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Reconstruction of evolutionary history of bacteriophages is a difficult problem because of fast sequence drift and lack of omnipresent genes in phage genomes. Moreover, losses and recombinational exchanges of genes are so pervasive i...

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Main Authors: Makarenkov Vladimir, Glazko Galina, Liu Jing, Mushegian Arcady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-12-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/2/1/36