Genetic dominance governs the evolution and spread of mobile genetic elements in bacteria
J. Rodriguez-Beltran, V. Sorum, M. Toll-Riera, C. de la Vega, R. Pena-Miller, A. San Millan
This study shows genetic dominance influences the evolution and spread of mobile genetic elements in bacteria by favoring dominant mutations and silencing recessive alleles in horizontally transferred genes.
bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2019Microbiology