ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018
Mineral Facilitated Horizontal Gene Transfer: A New Principle for Evolution of Life?
Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Ancient DNA reconstruction of late holocene ecosystems within the Carpathian basin from paleo-meanders and archaeological deposits.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mineral substrates as evolutionary drivers of soil microbial diversity through the rare biosphere.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plants and Implications for Biotechnology.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Polymer Length Governs DNA Adsorption Dynamics on Mineral Surfaces.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- A roadmap to understanding and anticipating microbial gene transfer in soil communities.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025Review
- Recurrence and propagation of past functions through mineral facilitated horizontal gene transfer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- A Case Study for the Recovery of Authentic Microbial Ancient DNA from Soil Samples.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Phosphorylation and sulfation share a common biosynthetic pathway, but extend biochemical and evolutionary diversity of biological macromolecules in distinct ways.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Horizontal gene transfer from genetically modified plants - Regulatory considerations.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Silica-Carbonate of Ba(II) and FeACS omega · 2021Article
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Abstract
A number of studies have highlighted that adsorption to minerals increases DNA longevity in the environment. Such DNA-mineral associations can essentially serve as pools of genes that can be stored across time. Importantly, this DNA is available for incorporation into alien organisms through the process of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Here we argue that minerals hold an unrecognized potential for successfully transferring genetic material across environments and timescales to distant organisms and hypothesize that this process has significantly influenced the evolution of life. Our hypothesis is illustrated in the context of the evolution of early microbial life and the oxygenation of the Earth's atmosphere and offers an explanation for observed outbursts of evolutionary events caused by HGT.
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