Are pangenomes adaptive or not?

Prokaryote genome fluidity is dependent on effective population size

(2017) Nadia Andrea Andreani et al.   ISME Journal

The population genetics of pangenomes

(2017) B. Jesse Shapiro   Nature Microbiology

Why prokaryotes have pangenomes

(2017) James O. McInerney et al.   Nature Microbiology

Indispensability of Horizontally Transferred Genes and Its Impact on Bacterial Genome Streamlining

(2016) Ildikó Karcagi et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Horizontal DNA Transfer Mechanisms of Bacteria as Weapons of Intragenomic Conflict

(2016) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Rates of Lateral Gene Transfer in Prokaryotes: High but Why?

(2015) Michiel Vos et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

(2009) Marie Touchon et al.   PLoS Genetics