Evolutionary Effects of Translocations in Bacterial Genomes

It has become clear that different genome regions need not evolve uniformly. This variation is particularly evident in bacterial genomes with multiple chromosomes, in which smaller, secondary chromosomes evolve more rapidly. We previously demonstrated that substitution rates and gene dispensability...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morrow, Jarrett D., Cooper, Vaughn S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542574/