Horizontal Gene Transfer Breaking Borders Between Living Kingdoms /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Villa, Tomás G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Viñas, Miguel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Genetics.; Drug resistance.; Evolutionary biology.; Microbial ecology.; Medical genetics.; Genetic engineering.; Genetics and Genomics.; Drug Resistance.; Evolutionary Biology.; Microbial Ecology.; Gene Function.; Genetic Engineering.

The book focuses on the evolutionary impact of horizontal gene transfer processes on pathogenicity, environmental adaptation and biological speciation. Newly acquired genetic material has been considered as a driving force in evolution for prokaryotic genomes for many years, with recent technical de...