Current Biology, 2011 SummaryThe four disparate images shown in Figure 1 have this in common: each represents a radical adaptation that would not have happened had lateral gene transfer (LGT), also known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT), not been the powerful evolutionary force we now know it to be.
Zhaxybayeva, Olga, Doolittle, W. Ford
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A Singular Bacteriophytochrome Acquired by Lateral Gene Transfer [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007 Bacteriophytochromes are phytochrome-like proteins that mediate photosensory responses in various bacteria according to their light environment. The genome of the photosynthetic and plant-symbiotic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278 revealed the presence of a genomic island acquired by lateral transfer harboring a bacteriophytochrome gene, BrBphP3.ORS278,
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Genome expansion in early eukaryotes drove the transition from lateral gene transfer to meiotic sex. [PDF]
Elife, 2020 Colnaghi M, Lane N, Pomiankowski A.
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Lateral gene transfer as a support for the tree of life. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012 Abby SS, Tannier E, Gouy M, Daubin V.
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Lateral gene transfer leaves lasting traces in Rhizaria [PDF]
Eme L, Hooff Jv.
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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 ...
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The Dynamics of Lateral Gene Transfer in Genus Leishmania - A Route for Adaptation and Species Diversification. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2016 Vikeved E, Backlund A, Alsmark C.
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The mechanisms underpinning lateral gene transfer between grasses
Plants, People, Planet, 2023 Societal Impact Statement Lateral gene transfer (LGT) refers to the transmission of genetic material without sexual reproduction. LGT is widespread in a number of plant species, including grasses.
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Patterns in evolutionary origins of heme, chlorophyll a and isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic pathways suggest non-photosynthetic periods prior to plastid replacements in dinoflagellates [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The ancestral dinoflagellate most likely established a peridinin-containing plastid, which have been inherited in the extant photosynthetic descendants.
Eriko Matsuo, Yuji Inagaki
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mSphere, 2023 Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite, causes amoebiasis, which is a global public health problem. During the life cycle of this parasite, the properties of the cell membrane are changed markedly. To clarify the mechanism of membrane lipid changes,
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