Horizontal gene transfer: genomes in flux
Éditeur :
Humana Press Inc.
ISBN :
9781603278522
Date de publication :
11 mars 2009
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events encompass processes as varied as the exchange of genetic material between microbes coexisting in the same environment, between symbiotic bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts, and the evolution of organelles by symbiosis, in which whole genomes are acquired.