Photosynthetic genes in cyanophage

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Photosynthetic genes in cyanophage
Lindell et al.PNAS 2004
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Conjugation via pilus
www.microbe.org
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MIT9312
SS!20
MED4
MED4
MIT9313
WH8102
MED4
MED4
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MED4
MIT9312
NATL2A
MIT9313
CC9902
BL107
CC9605
SS120
WH8102
RS9916
RS9917
CC9311
WH7803
WH7805
RCC307
WH5701
0.01
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Alternative explanations for observed phylogenies
HGT
Differential loss of duplicated genes
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