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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
Volume 82, Issue 4-5, Pages 173-175Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s00239-016-9737-9
Keywords
Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Integration of foreign genes; Contingency
Funding
- Grant of Spanish DGI [CGL2013-41375-P]
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Three recent papers underline the importance of the host genomic background in allowing the stable maintenance of horizontally acquired genes. These studies suggest that post-transfer changes in both host genome and acquired genes contribute to the stable integration of foreign genes.
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