Gene gain and loss push prokaryotes beyond the homologous recombination barrier and accelerate genome sequence divergence
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13429-2
Abstract: Bacterial and archaeal evolution involve extensive gene gain and loss. Thus, phylogenetic trees of prokaryotes can be constructed both by traditional sequence-based methods (gene trees) and by comparison of gene compositions (genome trees). Comparing the… read more here.
Keywords: gain loss; evolution; homologous recombination; gene gain ... See more keywords