Origin and evolution of gene families in Bacteria and Archaea

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparison of complete genomes of Bacteria and Archaea shows that gene content varies considerably and that genomes evolve quite rapidly via gene duplication and deletion and horizontal gene transfer. We analyze a diverse set of 92 B...

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Main Authors: Merz Hugh, Collins R, Higgs Paul G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/S9/S14