title: Prokaryotic sex: eukaryote-like qualities of recombination in an Archaean lineage.
abstract: Genetic exchange within one Archaean lineage is a bit like sex in eukaryotes - cells fuse and huge segments of DNA are recombined - with consequences for the spread of adaptations across species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA. fcohan@wesleyan.edu
authors.forename: Frederick M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cohan
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aracena
mesh_terms: D019623:Haloferax mediterranei / Q000235:genetics*; D019622:Haloferax volcanii / Q000235:genetics*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D011995:Recombination, Genetic