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The '''mobilome''' is the total of all [[mobile genetic elements]] in a [[genome]]. Elements that can move within the genome ([[transposable elements]]) are the major constitients of the mobilome in eukaryotes. In prokaryotes, however, mobile genetic elements that can move between genomes, like [[prophage|prophages]] and [[plasmid|plasmids]], are also an important part of the mobilome.

[[Category:Biology]] 
[[Category:Microbiology]] 
[[Category:Genetics]]


== References ==
*Barkay, T. and Smets, B.F. 2005. ''Horizontal gene flow in microbial communities''. ASM News 71: 412-419.
*Frost, L.S. et al., 2005. ''Mobile genetic elements: the agents of open source evolution''. Nat. Rev. of Microbiology 3: 722-732.
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