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Shuffling bacterial metabolomes (2006)

Abstract
Abstract Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has a far more significant role than gene duplication in bacterial evolution. This has recently been illustrated by work demonstrating the importance of HGT in the emergence of bacterial metabolic networks, with horizontally acquired genes being placed in peripheral pathways at the outer branches of the networks.

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Download http://genomebiology.com/2006/7/2/204
Publisher BioMed Central Ltd.
Repository BioMed Central (United Kingdom)
Type Minireview
Language Englisch