Evolutionary Genomics: Transdomain Gene Transfers

Seth R. Bordenstein

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.022

Evolutionary Genomics: Transdomain Gene Transfers

Seth R. Bordenstein

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Abstract

Biologists have until now conceded that bacterial gene transfer to multicellular animals is relatively uncommon in Nature. A new study showing promiscuous insertions of bacterial endosymbiont genes into invertebrate genomes ushers in a shift in this paradigm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R935-R936
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.022
State	Published - Nov 6 2007

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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