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> AFAIK, there's never been a horizontal gene transfer from a prokaryote/eukaryote/any other kingdom to a mammal or animal. contradicts > The last time may be
by 0x12 15y ago
> AFAIK, there's never been a horizontal gene transfer from a prokaryote/eukaryote/any other kingdom to a mammal or animal.
contradicts
> The last time may be when we got mitocondria.
Also, we seem to have quite a bit of bacterial and virus DNA that somehow got incorporated.
Oh, and it's mitochondria.
- inconditus 15y agoWhen we got mitochondria, we weren't mammals yet. ;) Apologies for spelling.