Gene swapping in the dead zone.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25310237.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.04600 and PMC identifier 4194449.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Viruses can swap DNA between bacteria that live in regions of the oceans with little or no oxygen.
Medical subject headings
- Caudovirales
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Metagenome
- Microviridae