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Abstract

Highlights of the Meeting on “Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Last Universal Common Ancestor” Held at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Sohan Jheeta

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/290459


Abstract:

This paper summarises the oral presentations, their outcomes and conclusions drawn from the meeting entitled: ‘Horizontal Gene transfer and the Last Universal Common Ancestor’ which was held at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, on the 5th and the 6th September 2013.

Keywords:

Horizontal gene transfer;HGT;Lateral gene transfer;LGT;Phylogenetic tree of life;Transformation; Gene transfer agent (GTA); Last universal common ancestor (LUCA)

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