Background All living species contain genetic information that was once shared by their
common ancestor. DNA is being inherited through generations by vertical transmission (VT) …

Whoever compares the genomes of distantly related species might find aberrantly high
sequence similarity at certain loci. Such anomaly can only be explained by genetic material …

The genetic similarity observed among species is normally attributed to the existence of a
common ancestor. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that the exchange of …

Horizontal transfer (HT) is central to the evolution of prokaryotic species. Selfish and mobile
genetic elements, such as phages, plasmids, and transposons, are the primary vehicles for …

Horizontal transfer is the passage of genetic material between genomes by means other
than parent-to-offspring inheritance. Although the transfer of genes is thought to be crucial in …

Horizontal Transfer (HT) of genetic material between species is a common phenomenon
among Bacteria and Archaea species and several databases are available for information …

Background A fundamental concept in biology is that heritable material is passed from
parents to offspring, a process called vertical gene transfer. An alternative mechanism of …

Motivation: Horizontal transfer of transposable (HTT) elements among eukaryotes was
discovered in the mid-1980s. As then,> 300 new cases have been described. New findings …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or lateral gene transfer, is the non-sexual movement of
genetic information between genomes. It has played a pronounced part in bacterial and …

There is a fundamental difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes in their evolution
mechanisms and, consequently, in their genetic organization. Eukaryotes evolve within …