The pan-genome as a shared genomic resource: mutual cheating, cooperation and the black queen hypothesis
Front Microbiol
.
2015 Jul 21:6:728.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00728.
eCollection 2015.
Authors
Matthew S Fullmer
1
,
Shannon M Soucy
1
,
Johann Peter Gogarten
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA.
2
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA ; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA.
PMID:
26284032
PMCID:
PMC4523029
DOI:
10.3389/fmicb.2015.00728
No abstract available
Keywords:
black queen hypothesis; gene transfer; pan-genome; red queen hypothesis; social cheating.