Phase Diagrams of Quasispecies Theory with Recombination and Horizontal Gene Transfer
, 2006 We consider how transfer of genetic information between individuals influences the phase diagram and mean fitness of both the Eigen and the parallel, or Crow-Kimura, models of evolution.
J. Maynard +4 more
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Horizontal gene transfer contributes to plant evolution : the case of Agrobacterium T-DNAs [PDF]
, 2017 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can be defined as the acquisition of genetic material from another organism without being its offspring. HGT is common in the microbial world including archaea and bacteria, where HGT mechanisms are widely understood and ...
Gheysen, Godelieve +2 more
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Microbiome, 2019 Metagenomic datasets provide an opportunity to study horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on the level of a microbial community. However, current HGT detection methods cannot be applied to community-level datasets or require reference genomes. Here, we present
Weizhi Song +4 more
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Modeling, Simulation and Application of Bacterial Transduction in Genetic Algorithms [PDF]
, 2009 At present, all methods in Evolutionary Computation are bioinspired in the fundamental principles of neo-Darwinism as well as on a vertical gene transfer. Thus, on a mechanism in which an organism receives genetic material from its ancestor.
Carlos Perales-Gravan +2 more
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Phylogenomic analyses of non-Dikarya fungi supports horizontal gene transfer driving diversification of secondary metabolism in the amphibian gastrointestinal symbiont, Basidiobolus [PDF]
, 2020 Research into secondary metabolism (SM) production by fungi has resulted in the discovery of diverse, biologically active compounds with significant medicinal applications. However, the fungi rich in SM production are taxonomically restricted to Dikarya,
Chang, Ying +9 more
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Horizontal Gene Transfer in Thermus spp.
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2018 The small amount of genetic content in thermophiles generally limits their adaptability to environmental changes. In Thermus spp., very active horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanisms allow the rapid spread of strain-specific adaptive gene modules among the entire population.
Blesa, Alba +3 more
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Horizontal gene transfer: A critical view [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003 It has been suggested that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the “essence of phylogeny.” In contrast, much data suggest that this is an exaggeration resulting in part from a reliance on inadequate methods to identify HGT events. In addition, the assumption that HGT is a ubiquitous influence throughout evolution is questionable.
Otto Berg +2 more
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A probabilistic model for gene content evolution with duplication, loss, and horizontal transfer
, 2005 We introduce a Markov model for the evolution of a gene family along a phylogeny. The model includes parameters for the rates of horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication, and gene loss, in addition to branch lengths in the phylogeny. The likelihood for
A.B. Simonson +43 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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Horizontal transfer, not duplication, drives the expansion of protein families in prokaryotes. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2011 Gene duplication followed by neo- or sub-functionalization deeply impacts the evolution of protein families and is regarded as the main source of adaptive functional novelty in eukaryotes.
Todd J Treangen, Eduardo P C Rocha
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