Selfish operons: horizontal transfer may drive the evolution of gene clusters.
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Summary
A model is presented whereby the formation of gene clusters in bacteria is mediated by transfer of DNA within and among taxa, and predicts a mosaic structure of modern genomes in which ancestral chromosomal material is interspersed with novel, horizontally transferred operons providing peripheral metabolic functions.
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- article
- Published
- 1996-08-01
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- 690
- References
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- Open access
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Keywords
Horizontal gene transfer, Biology, Operon, Gene, Genome
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