… and horizontal gene transfer [24], and gene sweeps and frequency dependent selection [25].
Our model is motivated by the fact that different species carry genetic differences that lead …

… gene flow), bacterial “sex” (mainly as horizontal gene transfer… , result in enhanced speciation
through reproductive as well as … ask why there are so many species on Earth and provide a …

… genetic relationship between archaea and bacteria strongly supports horizontal gene transfer
(HGT) as an important factor in speciation … a very small genetic change in a cell, genetic …

… Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays a major role in the evolution of metabolic pathways,
and is a major driver of shared physiological traits allowing rapid adaptive evolution in the …

… gene transfer (HGT), leading to the insertion of new DNA sequences, could enhance the
ecological niche of a bacterial species … mutations in different genetic backgrounds, homologous …

… in bacteria affords a definition of bacterial species in genetic … bacterial species for our
understanding of bacterial evolution. … Multiple miethods of genetic transfer. It is altogether possible …

… of hereditary information supported by species, genera (… levels of bacterial genetic plasticity
and horizontal gene transfer, … —and of over 100 species. Rhizobial evolution caused by …

… Moreover, we fail to agree onwhether a bacterial species … should alsoexpect a species to
have special genetic, ecological, … related species), abacterial species is open to gene transfer …

… the speciation event that separates the two species. Although gene transfer across species
… number of horizontally transferred genes in a genomes [eg, bacterium Thermotoga maritima …

… Finally, I will review the impact that horizontal gene transfer has on the reconstruction of
phylogenetic relationships between Bacteria and Archaea, as well as on the species concept in …