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Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: aligning theory with data.
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- Phylogenetic ancestry of Metamonada proteins points to a common origin of mitochondria in all eukaryotes.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Evolutionary innovation through fusion of sequences from across the tree of life.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Horizontal gene transfer in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other Saccharomycotina yeasts: a review.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- An endogenous viral element of Aedes albopictus is translated and limits cognate virus.BMC biology · 2026Article
- Recent plastid replacement in Karlodinium ballantinum (Kareniaceae, Dinoflagellata) challenges the paradigms of endosymbiotic gene transfer.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Signatures of gene transfer in the parallel evolution of osmotrophic specialization in eukaryotes.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Ancient Persistence and Newfound Diversity of CR1-Group Retrotransposons Across Vertebrates.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Lack of evidence for the presence of plastids in the evolutionary history of kinetoplastid protists.Folia parasitologica · 2026Article
- Horizontal gene transfer is widespread in diverse eukaryotes.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Regions of low gene expression promote maintenance and adaptation of horizontally acquired genes in yeasts.Communications biology · 2026Article
- A compendium of horizontal gene transfers in Metazoa.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Host-Parasite Interactions Revisited: Evidence of Horizontal Transfer of a Transposable Element Between a Snail and Its Parasite.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Single-cell transcriptomics reveals lateral transfers of multiple functional genes from prokaryotes to free-living ciliated protists in detrital food webs.Marine life science & technology · 2026Article
- Horizontal gene transfer and diploidy illuminate evolution and stress adaptation in oleaginous Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta).Nature communications · 2026Article
- Lineage-specific evolution, structural diversity, and activity of R2 retrotransposons in animals.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Origin of eukaryotic plasmalogen biosynthesis by horizontal gene transfer from myxobacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Engineering next-generation crops through CRISPR-mediated horizontal gene transfer.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Transposable elements hitchhike on Starships across fungal genomes.Nature communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or lateral gene transfer, is the non-sexual movement of genetic information between genomes. It has played a pronounced part in bacterial and archaeal evolution, but its role in eukaryotes is less clear. Behaviours unique to eukaryotic cells - phagocytosis and endosymbiosis - have been proposed to increase the frequency of HGT, but nuclear genomes encode fewer HGTs than bacteria and archaea. Here, I review the existing theory in the context of the growing body of data on HGT in eukaryotes, which suggests that any increased chance of acquiring new genes through phagocytosis and endosymbiosis is offset by a reduced need for these genes in eukaryotes, because selection in most eukaryotes operates on variation not readily generated by HGT.
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