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Study Underscores Importance of Horizontal Transfer in Prokaryote Gene Family Expansion

January 28, 2011

Study Underscores Importance of Horizontal Transfer in Prokaryote Gene Family Expansion

By assessing more than 100 bacterial and archaeal genomes, French researchers have shown that horizontal gene transfer is the predominant mechanism behind gene family expansion in prokaryotes.

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