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The presence of free DNA in many environments suggests that the potential for transformation is widespread. It is likely that this chapter discovers that not only is horizontal gene transfer more widespread than we now can document but that the themes and variations in its mechanisms are much ...
The results suggest that EVs may be a general mechanism to exchange non-specialized genetic cargo between bacterial species.Similar content being viewed by others Distinct horizontal gene transfer potential of extracellular vesicles versus viral-like particles in marine habitats Article Open access 03 ...
Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) is beneficial to a cell if the acquired gene confers a useful function, but is detrimental if the gene has no function, if it is incompatible with existing genes, or if it is a selfishly replicating mobile element. If the balance of these effects is beneficial...
Despite the importance of horizontal gene transfer for rapid bacterial evolution, reliable assignment of mobile genetic elements to their microbial hosts in natural communities such as the human gut microbiota is lacking. We used high-throughput chromosomal conformation capture coupled with probabilistic mod...
In the presence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the concepts of lineage and genealogy in the microbial world become more ambiguous because chimeric genomes trace their ancestry from a myriad of sources, both living and extinct. We present the evolutio
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the transfer of genetic material between organisms. It has been known for some time that HGT in eukaryotes is not a rare phenomenon. A recent study by Ma et al. has shown that HGT has played a crucial role in shaping the evolution of land plants.Section...
Bacterial adaptation is accelerated by the acquisition of novel traits through horizontal gene transfer, but the integration of these genes affects genome organization. We found that transferred genes are concentrated in only ~1% of the chromosomal regions (hotspots) in 80 bacterial species. This conce...
33,34,35,36,37,38. The conjugative apparatus also allows for the transfer of other genetic material, known as mobile genetic elements. In general, horizontal gene transfer through conjugation is specific to a small set of specialized gene products, although some broad range conjugative systems ...
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