Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?

Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is the transmission of genes, sometimes across species barriers, outwith the classic vertical inheritance from parent to offspring. LGT is recognized as an important phenomenon that has shaped the genomes and biology of prokaryotes. Whether LGT in eukaryotes is important...

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Autor principal: Danchin, Etienne G. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27863503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0330-x
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description Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is the transmission of genes, sometimes across species barriers, outwith the classic vertical inheritance from parent to offspring. LGT is recognized as an important phenomenon that has shaped the genomes and biology of prokaryotes. Whether LGT in eukaryotes is important and widespread remains controversial. A study in BMC Biology concludes that LGT in eukaryotes is neither continuous nor prevalent and suggests a rule of thumb for judging when apparent LGT may reflect contamination. See research article: http://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0315-9.
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spelling pubmed-51161662016-11-25 Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube? Danchin, Etienne G. J. BMC Biol Commentary Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is the transmission of genes, sometimes across species barriers, outwith the classic vertical inheritance from parent to offspring. LGT is recognized as an important phenomenon that has shaped the genomes and biology of prokaryotes. Whether LGT in eukaryotes is important and widespread remains controversial. A study in BMC Biology concludes that LGT in eukaryotes is neither continuous nor prevalent and suggests a rule of thumb for judging when apparent LGT may reflect contamination. See research article: http://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0315-9. BioMed Central 2016-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5116166/ /pubmed/27863503 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0330-x Text en © Danchin. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Danchin, Etienne G. J.
Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title_full Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title_fullStr Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title_full_unstemmed Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title_short Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
title_sort lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes: tip of the iceberg or of the ice cube?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27863503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0330-x
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