Lateral Gene Transfer from the Dead
In phylogenetic studies, the evolution of molecular sequences is assumed to have taken place along the phylogeny traced by the ancestors of extant species. In the presence of lateral gene transfer, however, this may not be the case, because the species lineage from which a gene was transferred may h...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3622898/ |