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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, Javier de Vicente Buendia, Rafael Lahoz-Beltra   +2 more
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Integrating Horizontal Gene Transfer and Common Descent to Depict Evolution and Contrast It with ‘‘Common Design [PDF]

, 2010
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and common descent interact in space and time. Because events of HGT co-occur with phylogenetic evolution, it is difficult to depict evolutionary patterns graphically. Tree-like representations of life’s diversification are
Espinosa, Avelina, Paz-y-Mino C., Guillermo   +1 more
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Characterizing Scales of Genetic Recombination and Antibiotic Resistance in Pathogenic Bacteria Using Topological Data Analysis

, 2014
Pathogenic bacteria present a large disease burden on human health. Control of these pathogens is hampered by rampant lateral gene transfer, whereby pathogenic strains may acquire genes conferring resistance to common antibiotics. Here we introduce tools
A. Holzinger, C. Fraser, C.M. Thomas, C.R. Woese, F. Meyer, G. Carlsson, H. Ochman, H. Rohde, H.C. Neu, J.E. Cooper, J.M. Chan, K.A. Jolley, M.O. Sommer, T. Dagan   +13 more
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Gene flow and biological conflict systems in the origin and evolution of eukaryotes

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
The endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotes brought together two disparate genomes in the cell. Additionally, eukaryotic natural history has included other endosymbiotic events, phagotrophic consumption of organisms, and intimate interactions with viruses and
L eAravind, Vivek eAnantharaman, Dapeng eZhang, Robson Francisco De Souza, Lakshminarayan M Iyer   +4 more
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Adapting for life in the extreme

eLife, 2019
Red algae have adapted to extreme environments by acquiring genes from bacteria and archaea.
Carolin M Kobras, Daniel Falush
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SiPhyNetwork: An R package for simulating phylogenetic networks

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Gene flow is increasingly recognized as an important macroevolutionary process. The many mechanisms that contribute to gene flow (e.g. introgression, hybridization, lateral gene transfer) uniquely affect the diversification of dynamics of species, making
Joshua A. Justison, Claudia Solis‐Lemus, Tracy A. Heath   +2 more
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The genomes of polyextremophilic cyanidiales contain 1% horizontally transferred genes with diverse adaptive functions

eLife, 2019
The role and extent of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in eukaryotes are hotly disputed topics that impact our understanding of the origin of metabolic processes and the role of organelles in cellular evolution.
Alessandro W Rossoni, Dana C Price, Mark Seger, Dagmar Lyska, Peter Lammers, Debashish Bhattacharya, Andreas PM Weber   +6 more
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Recent Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants: Is Lateral Gene Transfer a Common Theme?

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2008
A cursory glance at old textbooks of plant pathology reveals that the diseases which are the current scourge of agriculture in many parts of the world are a different set from those that were prominent 50 or 100 years ago.
Richard P. Oliver, Peter S. Solomon
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Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for lateral gene transfer within and between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2003
Background Lateral gene transfer can introduce genes with novel functions into genomes or replace genes with functionally similar orthologs or paralogs. Here we present a study of the occurrence of the latter gene replacement phenomenon in the four gene ...
Roger Andrew J, Andersson Jan O
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Introduction: Protistan Biology, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Common Descent Uncover Faulty Logic in Intelligent Design [PDF]

, 2010
THE International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) organized a pre-meeting workshop entitled ‘‘Horizontal Gene Transfer and Phylogenetic Evolution Debunk Intelligent Design,’’ as part of the 1st North American Section meeting held June 11–13, 2009, at ...
Espinosa, Avelina
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