Ancient gene transfer from algae to animals: Mechanisms and evolutionary significance

BACKGROUND: Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is traditionally considered to be rare in multicellular eukaryotes such as animals. Recently, many genes of miscellaneous algal origins were discovered in choanoflagellates. Considering that choanoflagellates are the existing closest relatives of animals, w...

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Autores principales: Ni, Ting, Yue, Jipei, Sun, Guiling, Zou, Yong, Wen, Jianfan, Huang, Jinling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-83

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-83

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