Bacterial natural transformation by highly fragmented and damaged DNA.

Overballe-Petersen S, Harms K, Orlando LAA, Mayar JVM, Rasmussen S, Dahl TW, Rosing MT, Poole AM, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Brunak S, Inselmann S, de Vries J
,
et al

DNA molecules are continuously released through decomposition of organic matter and are ubiquitous in most environments. Such DNA becomes fragmented and damaged (often

Keywords:

DNA degradation

,

anachronistic evolution

,

early life

,

horizontal gene transfer

,

microbial evolution

,

Acinetobacter

,

Animals

,

Base Sequence

,

DNA

,

DNA Damage

,

DNA Primers

,

Evolution, Molecular

,

Gene Transfer, Horizontal

,

Mammoths

,

Molecular Sequence Data

,

Sequence Analysis, DNA

,

Transformation, Bacterial