Horizontal Gene Transfers with or without Cell Fusions in All Categories of the Living Matter

Pages: 5 - 89
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Abstract
This article reviews the history of widespread exchanges of genetic segments initiated over 3 billion years ago, to be part of their life style, by sphero-protoplastic cells, the ancestors of archaea, prokaryota, and eukaryota. These primordial cells shared a hostile anaerobic and overheated environment and competed for survival. "Coexist with, or subdue and conquer, expropriate its most useful possessions, or symbiose with it, your competitor"...
Paper Details
Title
Horizontal Gene Transfers with or without Cell Fusions in All Categories of the Living Matter
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
Pages
5 - 89
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