Horizontal Gene Transfer 5-16-2015 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2015-05-17

A recent article argues that humans, fruit flies, and flatworms have all had hundreds of genes horizontally transferred from such organisms as bacteria, fungi, and algae. The theory of HGT is discussed.

1. Crisp A., et al. 2015. Expression of multiple horizontally acquired genes is a hallmark of both vertebrate and invertebrate genomes. Genome Biology 16:50 - http://genomebiology.com/content/pdf/s13059-015-0607-3.pdf
2. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150312123319.htm
3. http://www.evolutionnews.org/2015/03/a_big_problem_f094701.html

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