Timeline for Does conjugation support gene selection?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 30, 2013 at 12:45 | history | edited | biogirl |
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| Nov 30, 2013 at 10:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBiology/status/406735119534555136 | ||
| Nov 30, 2013 at 4:09 | vote | accept | biogirl | ||
| S Nov 30, 2013 at 2:54 | history | edited | kmm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added two new tags: "horizontal-gene-transfer" (the crux of the question) and "sex" (this is bacterial sex)
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| S Nov 30, 2013 at 2:54 | history | suggested | hello_there_andy |
Added two new tags: "horizontal-gene-transfer" (the crux of the question) and "sex" (this is bacterial sex)
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| Nov 29, 2013 at 19:08 | answer | added | hello_there_andy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 15:55 | comment | added | biogirl | let us continue this discussion in chat | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 15:53 | comment | added | biogirl | @Remi.b I have finally found the perfect words to ask this - Do you think antibiotic resistance gene(for example) spreads because the bacteria wants to protect the whole genome of other bacteria(which will often have the same genome) or it happens because that little plasmid likes to spread it's own genes ? I think the 2nd explanation is better because it can explain conjugation between different species | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 15:45 | comment | added | Remi.b | It is roughly the same hypotheses than for recombination through sexual reproduction. But it does not mean I find your question uninteresting. I just wanted to say that there are certainly lots of different models to compare and that you might find your answer in the standard discussions about evolution of sexual reproduction. I might be mistaken though! | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 15:44 | comment | added | Remi.b | As I understand it: In order to answer to your question, one should think about the Muller's ratchet, the advantage of recombination for the group, how a selfish gene causing recombination might spread, about the speed of adaptation, effect on genetic variance, resistance to parasites, DNA repair, libertine bubble theory, etc… | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 15:29 | comment | added | biogirl | @Remi.b The biggest difference between conjugation and sexual reproduction is - that there is no reproduction of an organism in conjugation. I don't understand why you think the questions are same. I don't want to know the advantages of having " recombination " events in life of an organism. Here, I want to know whether this is an example of selection at individual level or at gene level ? | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 13:49 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected the singular of bacteria and removed the quotes around species, bacterial species are species just like any other
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| Nov 29, 2013 at 12:18 | comment | added | Remi.b | Does it make any difference, for the purpose of your question, if we speak of bacterial conjugaison or of any sexual reproduction? Isn't you question rather something like "Why would sex evolve?" Such question would require a very long answer that presents many different models! | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 10:35 | comment | added | biogirl | I would love to discuss this in chat with anyone interested as I think this question is more of a question to be discussed. | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 10:32 | history | asked | biogirl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |