Gribaldo Simonetta, Brochier Celine
Institut Pasteur, Department of Microbiology, 75015 Paris, France.
Res Microbiol. 2009 Sep;160(7):513-21. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.006. Epub 2009 Jul 23.
Understanding microbial evolution is essential for gathering information on the most ancient events in the history of Life on our planet. Nevertheless, the idea that it is impossible to reconstruct the evolutionary history of prokaryotes because of horizontal gene transfer has become very popular. We review this important debate and how it can be solved.
了解微生物进化对于收集有关我们星球生命史上最古老事件的信息至关重要。然而，由于水平基因转移而无法重建原核生物进化史的观点已变得非常普遍。我们回顾了这一重要的争论以及如何解决它。
