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Biased gene transfer mimics patterns created through shared ancestry.

Genetic and epigenetic control of the efficiency and fidelity of cross-species prion transmission.

Monitoring of possible horizontal gene transfer from transgenic potatoes to soil microorganisms in the potato fields and the emergence of variants in Phytophthora infestans.

Genome-wide survey and evolutionary analysis of trypsin proteases in apicomplexan parasites.

Genome-wide analysis of the H-NS and Sfh regulatory networks in Salmonella Typhimurium identifies a plasmid-encoded transcription silencing mechanism.

Multiple GAL pathway gene clusters evolved independently and by different mechanisms in fungi.

Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery.

Horizontal gene transfer: you are what you eat.

High-frequency phage-mediated gene transfer in freshwater environments determined at single-cell level.

Temporal evolution of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Curitiba, southern Brazil.

Effects of transferred NK4 gene on proliferation, migration, invasion and apoptosis of human prostate cancer DU145 cells.

Prevalence and clonality of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Atlantic Azores islands: predominance of SCCmec types IV, V and VI.

Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in a university hospital in Tunis, Tunisia, 1999-2005.

Mechanisms of bacterial virulence in pulmonary infections.

An end-joining repair mechanism in Escherichia coli.

Diversity and evolution of the phenazine biosynthesis pathway.

mecA gene transferrability and antibiogram of zoonotic Staphylococcus intermedius from animals, staff and the environment in animal hospitals in Korea.

Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees under the coalescent model.

Experimental evolution of a plant pathogen into a legume symbiont.