Genome degeneration in obligate parasites and endosymbionts
Microorganisms are a goidmine for evolutionary genetics as their genomes can evolve at an extraordinary rate which results in some of the most extravagant adaptations in terms of genome structure and function as well as survival in the most unusual environments. One trend observed in several evol...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4086 |