Beyond horizontal gene transfer: the role of plasmids in bacterial evolution
Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán, Javier DelaFuente, Ricardo León‐Sampedro, R. Craig MacLean, Álvaro San Millán
Topics & Concepts
PlasmidHorizontal gene transferBiologyGeneticsGeneBacterial genome sizeGenomeGenome evolutionExperimental evolutionBacterial geneticsEvolutionary biologyEscherichia coliGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology