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Abstract
This chapter discusses the pros and cons of the existing computational methods for the detection of horizontal (or lateral) gene transfer and highlights the genome-wide studies utilizing these methods. The impact of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on prokaryote genome evolution is discussed.Mesh:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19271186 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-853-9_11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745