Mobile genetic elements: the agents of open source evolution

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Nature Reviews Microbiology

• Publication date

  2005-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nrmicro1235PMID 16138100
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