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Horizontal Gene Transfer, Dispersal and Haloarchaeal Speciation

open access: yesLife, 2015
The Halobacteria are a well-studied archaeal class and numerous investigations are showing how their diversity is distributed amongst genomes and geographic locations.
R. Thane Papke   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

LINE-1 retrotransposons facilitate horizontal gene transfer into poxviruses

open access: yeseLife, 2022
There is ample phylogenetic evidence that many critical virus functions, like immune evasion, evolved by the acquisition of genes from their hosts through horizontal gene transfer (HGT).
M Julhasur Rahman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Horizontal gene transfer in fungi [PDF]

open access: yesFEMS Microbiology Letters, 2011
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is frequently observed in prokaryotes and until recently was assumed to be of limited importance to eukaryotes. However, there is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that HGT is an important mechanism in eukaryotic genome evolution, particularly in unicellular organisms.
openaire   +3 more sources

Horizontal gene transfer in silkworm, Bombyx mori

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2011
Background The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, is the model insect for the order Lepidoptera, has economically important values, and has gained some representative behavioral characteristics compared to its wild ancestor. The genome of B.
Li Bin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Horizontal gene transfer-mediated bacterial strain variation affects host fitness in Drosophila

open access: yesBMC Biology, 2021
Background How microbes affect host fitness and environmental adaptation has become a fundamental research question in evolutionary biology. To better understand the role of microbial genomic variation for host fitness, we tested for associations of ...
Yun Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extensive horizontal gene transfer in cheese-associated bacteria

open access: yeseLife, 2017
Acquisition of genes through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) allows microbes to rapidly gain new capabilities and adapt to new or changing environments.
Kevin S Bonham   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
The development and application of metagenomic approaches have provided an opportunity to study and define horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on the level of microbial communities.
Weizhi Song   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Lateral gene exchanges shape the genomes of amoeba-resisting microorganisms

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
Based on Darwin’s concept of the tree of life, vertical inheritance was thought to be dominant, and mutations, deletions and duplication were streaming the genomes of living organisms.
Claire eBertelli, Gilbert eGreub
doaj   +1 more source

The human gut microbiome across the life course

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metacommunity structure preserves genome diversity in the presence of gene-specific selective sweeps under moderate rates of horizontal gene transfer.

open access: yesPLoS Computational Biology, 2023
The horizontal transfer of genes is fundamental for the eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbial communities, such as oceanic plankton, soil, and the human microbiome.
Simone Pompei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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