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Abstract
The complete sequence of the bacterium Thermotoga maritima genome has revealed a large fraction of genes most closely related to those of archaeal species. This adds to the accumulating evidence that lateral gene transfer is a potent evolutionary force in prokaryotes, though questions of its magnitude remain.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10531001 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80474-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834