Genetic ecology: A new interdisciplinary science,fundamental for evolution,biodiversity and biosafety evaluations |
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Authors: | E. Kellenberger |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut de Génétique et de Biologie microbienne, Université de Lausanne, Rue César Roux 19, CH-1005 Lausanne, (Switzerland;(2) Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, (Switzerland) |
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Abstract: | Genetic ecology is the extension of our modern knowledge in molecular genetics to studies of viability, gene expression and gene movements in natural environments like soils, aquifers and digestive tracts. In such milieux, the horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne genes between phylogenetically distant species has already been found to be much more frequent than had been expected from laboratory experience. For the study of exchanges involving chromosomally-located genes, more has to be learned about the behaviour of transposons in such environments. The results expected from studies in genetic ecology are relevant for considerations of evolution, biodiversity and biosafety. The role of this new field of research in restoring popular confidence in science and in its biotechnological applications is stressed. |
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Keywords: | Genetics ecology DNA-transfer conjugation transformation transduction transposons dormant cells epilithon microbial colonisation symbiosis virus resistance biosafety release of genes insults to humanity evolution biodiversity |
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