细菌有性别之分吗？

Do bacteria have sex?

作者信息

Redfield R J

机构信息

Rosemary J. Redfield is at the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4.

出版信息

Nat Rev Genet. 2001 Aug;2(8):634-9. doi: 10.1038/35084593.

DOI:10.1038/35084593

PMID:11483988

Abstract

Do bacteria have genes for genetic exchange? The idea that the bacterial processes that cause genetic exchange exist because of natural selection for this process is shared by almost all microbiologists and population geneticists. However, this assumption has been perpetuated by generations of biology, microbiology and genetics textbooks without ever being critically examined.

摘要

细菌拥有用于基因交换的基因吗？几乎所有微生物学家和群体遗传学家都认为，导致基因交换的细菌过程是由于对这一过程的自然选择而存在的。然而，这一假设在生物学、微生物学和遗传学的几代教科书中一直延续，却从未受到过批判性审视。