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- Title
Genetic recombination in bacteria: horizon of the beginnings of sexuality in living organisms.
- Authors
Carpa, Rahela
- Abstract
The current paper reviews the bacterian genetic recombination. Bacteria can transfer genes from one strain to another by three different mechanisms: transformation, conjugation and transduction, these events showing the universality of sexuality in the living world. Besides genetic recombination in bacteria, recent evidences of genetic recombination in some superior animals (such as: fish, birds, mammals and humans) at the sex-chromosomes level support the 'gene concept of sexuality' as a general view of sexuality.
- Subjects
GENETIC recombination research; HEREDITY; CHROMOSOMES; SEX chromosomes; BACTERIA; MAMMAL genetics; HUMAN beings; BIRDS; BACTERIAL conjugation
- Publication
Extreme Life, Biospeology & Astrobiology, 2010, Vol 2, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
2066-7671
- Publication type
Article