Do Bacteria Have Sex?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Article , Other literature type 01 Aug 2001 English Publisher:American Society of MicrobiologyJournal:Nature Reviews Genetics, volume 2, pages 634-639 (issn: 1471-0056, eissn: 1471-0064,

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Authors: Redfield, Rosemary J.;

doi: 10.1128/9781555818470.ch19 , 10.1038/35084593

pmid: 11483988

Do Bacteria Have Sex?

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Abstract

Do bacteria have genes for genetic exchange? The idea that the bacterial processes that cause genetic exchange exist because of natural selection for this process is shared by almost all microbiologists and population geneticists. However, this assumption has been perpetuated by generations of biology, microbiology and genetics textbooks without ever being critically examined.

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Keywords

Recombination, Genetic, Bacteria, Conjugation, Genetic, Sex, Biological Evolution

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