Intragenomic conflicts with plasmids and chromosomal mobile genetic elements drive the evolution of natural transformation within species
Fanny Mazzamurro, Jason Baby Chirakadavil, Isabelle Durieux, Ludovic Poiré, Julie Plantade, Christophe Ginévra, Sophie Jarraud, Gottfried Wilharm, Xavier Charpentier, Eduardo P. C. Rocha
The paper quantifies transformation rates in bacterial pathogens and links them to intragenomic conflicts with mobile genetic elements, showing similar evolutionary trends across species.
PLoS Biology · Oct 14, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics