ReviewMobile DNA2018
Genetic exchange in eukaryotes through horizontal transfer: connected by the mobilome.
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- Transposable elements hitchhike on Starships across fungal genomes.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Impact of a horizontally transferred Helitron family on genome evolution in Xenopus laevis.Mobile DNA · 2025Article
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- Horizontal Transfer and Recombination Fuel Ty4 Retrotransposon Evolution in Saccharomyces.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Multiple horizontal transfers of a Helitron transposon associated with a parasitoid wasp.Mobile DNA · 2022Article
- Revisiting theBiology · 2022Article
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- Positive Selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Genome of a Male-Killing Wolbachia.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Horizontal Transfer ofBiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAll living species contain genetic information that was once shared by their common ancestor. DNA is being inherited through generations by vertical transmission (VT) from parents to offspring and from ancestor to descendant species. This process was considered the sole pathway by which biological entities exchange inheritable information. However, Horizontal Transfer (HT), the exchange of genetic information by other means than parents to offspring, was discovered in prokaryotes along with strong evidence showing that it is a very important process by which prokaryotes acquire new genes. MAIN BODY: For some time now, it has been a scientific consensus that HT events were rare and non-relevant for evolution of eukaryotic species, but there is growing evidence supporting that HT is an important and frequent phenomenon in eukaryotes as well.
conclusionHere, we will discuss the latest findings regarding HT among eukaryotes, mainly HT of transposons (HTT), establishing HTT once and for all as an important phenomenon that should be taken into consideration to fully understand eukaryotes genome evolution. In addition, we will discuss the latest development methods to detect such events in a broader scale and highlight the new approaches which should be pursued by researchers to fill the knowledge gaps regarding HTT among eukaryotes.
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