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One fun implication of this is that most of our phylogenies derived from genetics assume little to no lateral gene transfer. In this case we have been able to t
by hyperion2010 11y ago
One fun implication of this is that most of our phylogenies derived from genetics assume little to no lateral gene transfer. In this case we have been able to trace a subset of genes back to a virus that mediates the transfer. However this suggests that LGT may be more common than our models suggest.
- A_COMPUTER 11y agohttp://genome.cshlp.org/content/24/5/831.full http://genome.cshlp.org/content/24/5/831.full "Widespread and frequent horizontal transfers of transposable elements in plants" Observation for example, of horizontal gene transfer between palm tree and grapevine.