Friday, January 28, 2011

 

Horizontal Gene Transfer key to prokaryotic evolution

Microbes evolve predominantly by acquiring genes from other microbes, new research suggests, challenging previous theories that gene duplication is the primary driver of protein evolution in prokaryotes.

Read more: Gene swap key to evolution - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences


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