Horizontal gene transfer is looking a lot more common than we learned in biology class. Fungi have a class of proteins (Starships) which transfer hundreds of ge

Horizontal gene transfer is looking a lot more common than we learned in biology class. Fungi have a class of proteins (Starships) which transfer hundreds of genes, beetles picked up cellulose-digesting proteins from bacteria in their digestive tract and embryos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_(genetics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_(genetics)