Genome Biology

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Paper report

Further resolution of gene transfer issues

Reiner Veitia

  • Correspondence: Reiner Veitia

Genome Biology 2001, 2:reports0027 doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-8-reports0027

Published: 8 August 2001

Abstract

Genomic and phylogenetic analyses have suggested that previously reported cases of putative lateral gene transfer from bacteria to vertebrates could result from gene losses and sampling artifacts.