ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2011
Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals.
Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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173 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 339 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A bacterial gene acquired by parasitoid wasps contributes to venom secretion against host defence.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of 163 ant genomes reveals recurrent horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to ants.GigaScience · 2026Article
- Antibiotic: a boon to mankind and doom to the environment - an insight on biological and non-biological degradation processes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial resistance within the one health lens: global drivers, mechanisms and public health policy gaps in low resource settings.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
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- The Environmental Lifecycle of Antibiotics and Resistance Genes: Transmission Mechanisms, Challenges, and Control Strategies.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Unraveling the viral footprint: comprehensive genomic exploration of endogenous viral elements in3 Biotech · 2025Article
- Could Horizontal Gene Transfer Explain 5S rDNA Similarities Between Frogs and Worm Parasites?Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Emergence of plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance amongmSystems · 2025Article
- Genome assembly of Stewartia sinensis reveals origin and evolution of orphan genes in Theaceae.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Whole genome sequencing and assembly of the house sparrow,GigaByte (Hong Kong, China) · 2025Article
- A genomic database furnishes minimal functional glycyl-tRNA synthetases homologous to other, designed class II urzymes.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Metatranscriptomics provide insights into the role of the symbiont Midichloria mitochondrii in Ixodes ticks.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Horizontal gene transfer is increasingly described between bacteria and animals. Such transfers that are vertically inherited have the potential to influence the evolution of animals. One classic example is the transfer of DNA from mitochondria and chloroplasts to the nucleus after the acquisition of these organelles by eukaryotes. Even today, many of the described instances of bacteria-to-animal transfer occur as part of intimate relationships such as those of endosymbionts and their invertebrate hosts, particularly insects and nematodes, while numerous transfers are also found in asexual animals. Both of these observations are consistent with modern evolutionary theory, in particular the serial endosymbiotic theory and Muller's ratchet. Although it is tempting to suggest that these particular lifestyles promote horizontal gene transfer, it is difficult to ascertain given the nonrandom sampling of animal genome sequencing projects and the lack of a systematic analysis of animal genomes for such transfers.
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