Mutation and Recombination Rates Vary Across Bacterial Chromosome
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Mutational Processes Vary Across the Bacterial Genome
3. A Role of NAPs in Mutagenesis and Recombination Processes
4. Concluding Remarks
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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