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Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: the weak-link model.
Article in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.
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- Detection and functional analysis of horizontal gene transfer events in the ciliateFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Multiple independent acquisitions of a metallophore-synthesis gene by plants through horizontal microbial gene transfer.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Gene Family Evolution Suggests Correlated Dietary Adaptations in Butterflies and Moths.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Could Horizontal Gene Transfer Explain 5S rDNA Similarities Between Frogs and Worm Parasites?Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Multiple Horizontal Transfers of Immune Genes Between Distantly Related Teleost Fishes.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Unequally Abundant Chromosomes and Unusual Collections of Transferred Sequences Characterize Mitochondrial Genomes of Gastrodia (Orchidaceae), One of the Largest Mycoheterotrophic Plant Genera.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Discovery of a New Starship Transposon Driving the Horizontal Transfer of theMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Genetic Transfer in Action: Uncovering DNA Flow in an Extremophilic Microbial Community.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The significance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in eukaryotic evolution remains controversial. Although many eukaryotic genes are of bacterial origin, they are often interpreted as being derived from mitochondria or plastids. Because of their fixed gene pool and gene loss, however, mitochondria and plastids alone cannot adequately explain the presence of all, or even the majority, of bacterial genes in eukaryotes. Available data indicate that no insurmountable barrier to HGT exists, even in complex multicellular eukaryotes. In addition, the discovery of both recent and ancient HGT events in all major eukaryotic groups suggests that HGT has been a regular occurrence throughout the history of eukaryotic evolution. A model of HGT is proposed that suggests both unicellular and early developmental stages as likely entry points for foreign genes into multicellular eukaryotes.
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