title: Why prokaryotes have pangenomes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
authors.forename: James O
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1885-2503
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: McInerney
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3099-630X
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.affiliation: Computational and Molecular Evolutionary Biology Group, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D056084:Genetic Fitness; D014644:Genetic Variation; D012641:Selection, Genetic