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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Main Author: Gangaeva, Anna Evgenyevna
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4086