The ecology of transfer of mobile genetic elements
Open Access
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Vol. 42 (2), 187-197
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2002.tb01008.x
Abstract
The ecological aspects of the transfer and spread of mobile genetic elements (MGE) are reviewed in the context of the emerging evidence for the dominKeywords
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