Plasmids can mediate horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance, virulence genes, and
other adaptive factors across bacterial populations. Here, we analyze genomic composition …

Plasmids can mediate horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance, virulence genes, and
other adaptive factors across bacterial populations. Here, we analyze genomic composition …

… Quartet mapping and a gene loss analysis each support 99% of identified HGTs (…
relative to other environments, we compare gene transfer between the 1,183 human-associated …

… gene transfer (HGT) has been widely suggested to play a critical role in the environmental
adaptation of microbes; however, the number and origin of the genes … Self-Organizing Map (…

… gene transfers such as those encoding antibiotic-resistance phenotypes or pathogenesis
islands are often found in patches, ie, in small subpopulations of a global … Here we reveal maps …

… mapping to infer branch-specific events. Our novel methodology allows us to infer and
quantify horizontal gene transfer … to the gene family at hand, for example, the global-mapping …

… resistance genes (… genetic elements and bacteriophages—form a reservoir of ARGs (the
resistome) from which pathogenic bacteria can acquire resistance via horizontal gene transfer (…

… gene transfer, with little contribution from gene duplicates. Networks grow by acquiring genes
… Accordingly, horizontally transferred genes are integrated at the periphery of the network, …

… gene transfer of adenovirus encoding eNOS gene to vascular rings of mice with targeted
disruption (knockout) of this gene … be significantly improved by gene transfer in vessels in which …

… The madness we refer to is rapid gene turnover due to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and
gene loss, which can lead to extensive genome differences among closely related bacteria …