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Gene Frequency Distributions Reject a Neutral Model of Genome Evolution

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The Infinitely Many Genes Model for the Distributed Genome of Bacteria

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The universal distribution of evolutionary rates of genes and distinct characteristics of eukaryotic genes of different apparent ages

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A hidden reservoir of integrative elements is the major source of recently acquired foreign genes and ORFans in archaeal and bacterial genomes

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