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Nature CommunicationsHorizontal gene transfer (HGT) and gene duplication are often considered as separate mechanisms driving the evolution of new functions. However, the mobile genetic elements (MGEs) implicated in HGT can copy themselves, so positive selection on MGEs could
Rohan Maddamsetti +7 more
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CRISPR-Cas systems restrict horizontal gene transfer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The ISME Journal, 2020 CRISPR-Cas systems provide bacteria and archaea with an adaptive immune system that targets foreign DNA. However, the xenogenic nature of immunity provided by CRISPR-Cas raises the possibility that these systems may constrain horizontal gene transfer ...
Rachel M. Wheatley, R. MacLean
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Horizontal gene transfer in plants [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2006 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played a major role in bacterial evolution and is fairly common in certain unicellular eukaryotes. However, the prevalence and importance of HGT in the evolution of multicellular eukaryotes remain unclear. Recent studies indicate that plant mitochondrial genomes are unusually active in HGT relative to all other ...
Aaron O, Richardson, Jeffrey D, Palmer
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HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities [PDF]
PeerJ, 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
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Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers [PDF]
, 2008 Horizontal gene transfer in metazoans has been documented in only a few species and is usually associated with endosymbiosis or parasitism. By contrast, in bdelloid rotifers we found many genes that appear to have originated in bacteria, fungi, and ...
Arkhipova, Irina +2 more
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Nature Ecology & EvolutionHorizontal gene transfer, the exchange of genetic material through means other than reproduction, is a fundamental force in prokaryotic genome evolution.
M. Dmitrijeva +5 more
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Horizontal Gene Transfer: From Evolutionary Flexibility to Disease Progression
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 Flexibility in the exchange of genetic material takes place between different organisms of the same or different species. This phenomenon is known to play a key role in the genetic, physiological, and ecological performance of the host.
Melissa Emamalipour +11 more
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Lateral gene exchanges shape the genomes of amoeba-resisting microorganisms
Frontiers 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
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Horizontal gene transfer in plants [PDF]
Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2013 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) describes the transmission of genetic material across species boundaries. HGT often occurs in microbic and eukaryotic genomes. However, the pathways by which HGTs occur in multicellular eukaryotes, especially in plants, are not well understood. We systematically summarized more than ten possible pathways for HGT.
Gao, Caihua +6 more
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Nature CommunicationsActivated sludge is the centerpiece of biological wastewater treatment, as it facilitates removal of sewage-associated pollutants, fecal bacteria, and pathogens from wastewater through semi-controlled microbial ecology.
Connor L. Brown +8 more
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