SELFISH GENETIC ELEMENTS. “Furthermore, many of the agents of exchange (bacteriophages, transmissible and conjugative plasmids) are themselves best viewed as selfish elements. For them, interspecific transfer is selectively advantageous and might even be required for long-term persistence.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022