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  • Title: Bacterial sex: playing voyeurs 50 years later.
    Author: Kohiyama M, Hiraga S, Matic I, Radman M.
    Journal: Science; 2003 Aug 08; 301(5634):802-3. PubMed ID: 12907791.
    Abstract:
    The concept of chromosomes with a ring structure was born during the early studies of bacterial sexuality, and the discovery of fertility factors- episomes or plasmids-provided much later the key tools for gene cloning and biotechnology. But the plasmid-mediated transfer of antibiotic and other resistances, as well as pathogenicity, has served bacteria well in their own adaptive evolution.
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