The coevolution of gene mobility and sociality in bacteria

Bacteria are social organisms which participate in multiple cooperative and group behaviours. They moreover have peculiar genetic systems, as they often bear mobile genetic elements like plasmids, molecular symbionts that are the cause of widespread horizontal gene transfer and play a large role in...

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Main Author: Dimitriu, Tatiana
Language:English
Published: Université René Descartes - Paris V 2014
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Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00993436
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