Our results suggest that the horizontal transfer of retrotransposons can occur through the incorporation of RNA intermediates delivered via EVs and may have important implications for the intercellular regulation of gene expression and gene function....
To confirm the possibility of such horizontal gene transfer from the cell culture medium, we repeated these experiments using goat serum instead of FBS (Fig.2). As noted in the experiments with FBS, mouse genomic DNA, mRNA, or plasmid DNA andE. coligenomic DNA were detected as expected (Fig...
Because free-living bacteria have such large effective population sizes, adaptive evolution through natural selection on mutations that confer higher tolerance is expected to be strong [24]. Moreover, bacterial genome evolution can also occur through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between strains or ...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT: defined as the "acquisition of new genes either directly by transformation with naked DNA, transduction with phages, or the uptake of plasmids or chromosomal fragments by conjugation") plays a critical role in driving the evolution of pathogenic bacteria [14]. Reducti...
Gene Transfer, HorizontalGenome, BacterialGenomeMolecular Sequence DataThe freshwater cnidarian Hydra was first described in 1702 and has been the object of ... JA Chapman,EF Kirkness,O Simakov,... - 《Nature》 被引量: 930发表: 2010年 Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals Horizont...
Rearrangements did not significantly disrupt operons and functionally related genes. Thermus species appeared to have a developed capability for acquiring DNA through horizontal gene transfer as shown by the donor-recipient stratigraphic analysis.Background Bacteria of the genus Thermus inhabit both natural...
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 ...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes. Although HGT can considerably alter bacterial genomes, not all transfer events may be biologically signif
Access through your organization Section snippets Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes — how much and how reliable Horizontal (or lateral) gene transfer consists of the transmission of genetic material between organisms other than from parent to offspring and may occur between distantly related specie...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the movement of heritable materials between distantly related organisms, is crucial in eukaryotic evolution. However, the scale of HGT in choanoflagellates, the closest unicellular relatives of metazoans, and its possible