Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Selection of horizontal gene transfer through public good production
Tatiana Dimitriu, Dusan Misevic, Julien Benard Capelle…·Francois Taddei
The paper shows that horizontal gene transfer of mobile genetic elements carrying public good genes can be favored by indirect selection when public goods benefit kin, promoting gene exchange among bacteria.
DOI 10.1101/315960