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Prokaryote Genomes

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The world of prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) is much more diverse than eukaryotes. After glancing the diversity of prokaryotes and their genome sequencing efforts, the basic structure of prokaryote genomes is discussed using Escherichia coli as an example, followed by discussions on GC content heterogeneity, horizontal gene transfer, codon usage, and plasmids. Finally, we discuss prokaryotic metagenomes.

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Saitou, N. (2013). Prokaryote Genomes. In: Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics. Computational Biology, vol 17. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5304-7_7

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