title: Selfish operons: the evolutionary impact of gene clustering in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
abstract: The Selfish Operon Model postulates that the organization of bacterial genes into operons is beneficial to the constituent genes in that proximity allows horizontal cotransfer of all genes required for a selectable phenotype; eukaryotic operons formed for very different reasons. Horizontal transfer of selfish operons most probably promotes bacterial diversification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15260, USA. jlawrenc+@pitt.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*; D012641:Selection, Genetic