ReviewProceedings. Biological sciences2010
Horizontal gene transfer in evolution: facts and challenges.
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- A machine learning framework for interpreting phylogenetic tree patterns in interkingdom horizontal gene transfer.Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2026Article
- A large-scale evolutionary and structural analysis of CLC channels and transporters.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025Article
- The eukaryotic horizontal gene transfer dataset a compendium.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Horizontal transfer of matrix metalloproteinase genes links early animal and microbial evolution.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Ortho2Web: a workflow for disentangling the roles of hybridization and allopolyploidization in reticulation within Campanulaceae.BMC biology · 2025Article
- Did axons evolve by activating cytokinesis during interphase? A hypothesis on the origin of neurons.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025Review
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- The Role of Mutations, Addition of Amino Acids, and Exchange of Genetic Information in the Coevolution of Primitive Coding Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Emergence of plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance amongmSystems · 2025Article
- Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Gene Evolution in Brown Algae: Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Hayai-Annotation: A functional gene prediction tool that integrates orthologs and gene ontology for network analysis in plant species.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Naturally transgenic plants and the need to rethink regulatory triggers in biotechnology.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Genetically engineered bacteria as inflammatory bowel disease therapeutics.Engineering microbiology · 2024Review
- Enhancing insights into diseases through horizontal gene transfer event detection from gut microbiome.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
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Abstract
The contribution of horizontal gene transfer to evolution has been controversial since it was suggested to be a force driving evolution in the microbial world. In this paper, I review the current standpoint on horizontal gene transfer in evolutionary thinking and discuss how important horizontal gene transfer is in evolution in the broad sense, and particularly in prokaryotic evolution. I review recent literature, asking, first, which processes are involved in the evolutionary success of transferred genes and, secondly, about the extent of horizontal gene transfer towards different evolutionary times. Moreover, I discuss the feasibility of reconstructing ancient phylogenetic relationships in the face of horizontal gene transfer. Finally, I discuss how horizontal gene transfer fits in the current neo-Darwinian evolutionary paradigm and conclude there is a need for a new evolutionary paradigm that includes horizontal gene transfer as well as other mechanisms in the explanation of evolution.
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