Horizontal gene transfer is still rampant - actually it is a far better way to mix genes than sexual reproduction and it is probably why microbes rule the world

Horizontal gene transfer is still rampant - actually it is a far better way to mix genes than sexual reproduction and it is probably why microbes rule the world. LUCA is an imaginary organism that captures the features that all known living organisms share - almost certainly the history of decent of each gene in modern organisms is different.