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Prokaryote Genomes

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The world of prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) is much more diverse than that of eukaryotes. After glancing the diversity of prokaryotes, 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, prokaryotic metagenomes, plasmids, and CRISPR-Cas system.

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Saitou, N. (2018). Prokaryote Genomes. In: Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics. Computational Biology, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92642-1_8

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