Disentangling the effects of selection and loss bias on gene dynamics - Iranzo, Jaime; Cuesta, José A.; Manrubia, Susanna; Katsnelson, Mikhail I.; Koonin, Eugene V. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2017)
Keywords: Abundance; Antitoxins; Autoimmunity; Bias; Biological evolution; Biological Sciences; Comparative analysis; Copy number; Data processing; Effects; Evolution; Evolutionary genetics; Family size; Fitness; Gene transfer; Genes; Genetics; Genomes; Information processing; Mathematical models; Parasites; Plasmids; PNAS Plus; Population number; Prokaryotes; Prophages; Reproduction (copying); Reproductive fitness; Toxins; Transposons; antiparasite defense; mobile genetic elements; gene loss; selection; horizontal gene transfer