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Challenges in Eventing Horizontal Gene Transfer
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) takes place when two organisms share their genetic material. Contrary to the ancestral transfer of genes, viz....
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Gene Transfer
In addition to vertical gene transfer between generations, microbes often transfer their genes horizontally. Horizontal gene transfer contributes...
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Predicting horizontal gene transfers with perfect transfer networks
BackgroundHorizontal gene transfer inference approaches are usually based on gene sequences: parametric methods search for patterns that deviate from...
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A global survey of prokaryotic genomes reveals the eco-evolutionary pressures driving horizontal gene transfer
Horizontal gene transfer, the exchange of genetic material through means other than reproduction, is a fundamental force in prokaryotic genome...
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Lifestyle changes in Botryosphaeriaceae as evidenced by ancestral genome expansion and horizontal gene transfer
Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) encompasses commonly encountered opportunistic pathogens that cause stem cankers...
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Horizontal Gene Transfer in Fungi and Its Ecological Importance
Fungi are one of the most diverse kingdoms in the tree of life, thrive in virtually every habitat on the planet, and are vital for a plethora of...
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Cooperative antibiotic resistance facilitates horizontal gene transfer
The rise of β-lactam resistance among pathogenic bacteria, due to the horizontal transfer of plasmid-encoded β-lactamases, is a current global health...
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Extensive remodeling of sugar metabolism through gene loss and horizontal gene transfer in a eukaryotic lineage
BackgroundIn yeasts belonging to the subphylum Saccharomycotina, genes encoding components of the main metabolic pathways, like alcoholic...
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Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria
The fungal genus Armillaria contains necrotrophic pathogens and some of the largest terrestrial organisms that cause tremendous losses in diverse...
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The horizontal gene transfer of perchlorate reduction genomic island in three bacteria from an ecological niche
AbstractThree new strains of dissimilatory perchlorate-reducing bacteria (DPRB), QD19-16, QD1-5, and P3-1, were isolated from an active sludge....
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Salivary proteins potentially derived from horizontal gene transfer are critical for salivary sheath formation and other feeding processes
Herbivorous insects employ an array of salivary proteins to aid feeding. However, the mechanisms behind the recruitment and evolution of these genes...
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Horizontal transfer of tRNA genes to mitochondrial plasmids facilitates gene loss from fungal mitochondrial DNA
Fungal and plant mitochondria are known to exchange DNA with retroviral plasmids. Transfer of plasmid DNA to the organellar genome is best known and...
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In the interkingdom horizontal gene transfer, the small rolA gene is a big mystery
AbstractThe biological function of the agrobacterial oncogene rol A is very poorly understood compared to other components of the mechanism of...
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Microbial diversity and ecological complexity emerging from environmental variation and horizontal gene transfer in a simple mathematical model
BackgroundMicrobiomes are generally characterized by high diversity of coexisting microbial species and strains, and microbiome composition typically...
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Horizontal gene transfer facilitates the molecular reverse-evolution of antibiotic sensitivity in experimental populations of H. pylori
Reversing the evolution of traits harmful to humans, such as antimicrobial resistance, is a key ambition of applied evolutionary biology. A major...
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Phylogenomics of five Pseudanabaena cyanophages and evolutionary traces of horizontal gene transfer
BackgroundAlong with the fast development and urbanization in develo** countries, the waterbodies aside the growing cities become heavily polluted...
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A novel aminotransferase gene and its regulator acquired in Saccharomyces by a horizontal gene transfer event
BackgroundHorizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an evolutionary mechanism of adaptive importance, which has been deeply studied in wine S. cerevisiae ...
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Horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in bacteria
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes....
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The resistomes of Mycobacteroides abscessus complex and their possible acquisition from horizontal gene transfer
BackgroundMycobacteroides abscessus complex (MABC), an emerging pathogen, causes human infections resistant to multiple antibiotics. In this study,...
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Systematic evaluation of horizontal gene transfer between eukaryotes and viruses
Gene exchange between viruses and their hosts acts as a key facilitator of horizontal gene transfer and is hypothesized to be a major driver of...
