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Microbial evolution through horizontal gene transfer by mobile genetic elements
Microbial BiotechnologyMobile genetic elements (MGEs) are crucial for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria and facilitate their rapid evolution and adaptation.
Maho Tokuda, Masaki Shintani
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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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Adaptive evolution of hybrid bacteria by horizontal gene transfer [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance In a parallel evolution experiment, we probe lateral gene transfer between two Bacillus subtilis lineages close to the species boundary. We show that laboratory evolution by horizontal gene transfer can rapidly generate hybrid organisms with
J. Power +8 more
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Horizontal gene transfer in silkworm,
BMC 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
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Horizontal gene transfer-mediated bacterial strain variation affects host fitness in Drosophila
BMC 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
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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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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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Extensive horizontal gene transfer in cheese-associated bacteria
eLife, 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
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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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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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