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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| 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 |