Impact of Lateral Transfers on the Genomes of Lepidoptera
Transfer of DNA sequences between species regardless of their evolutionary distance is very common in bacteria, but evidence that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) also occurs in multicellular organisms has been accumulating in the past few years. The actual extent of this phenomenon is underestimated...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Genes |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/8/11/315 |