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Horizontal Gene Transfers in prokaryotes show differential preferences for metabolic and translational genes

Aditi Kanhere* and Martin Vingron

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:9 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-9

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Metabolic classification of microbial genomes using functional probes

Chi-Ching Lee, Wei-Cheng Lo, Szu-Ming Lai, Yi-Ping Chen, Chuan Tang, Ping-Chiang Lyu BMC Genomics 2012, 13:157 (27 April 2012)

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On the origin of life in the Zinc world. 2. Validation of the hypothesis on the photosynthesizing zinc sulfide edifices as cradles of life on Earth

Armen Y Mulkidjanian, Michael Y Galperin Biology Direct 2009, 4:27 (24 August 2009)

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The relatively high zinc content of living cells and its role as cofactor in many key enzymes and RNA structures might reflect the origin of life in zinc-rich environments.

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