… least reinforce the patterns of evolution that are generated through … genes encoding three
different aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) 29,30 . We also argue that biased gene transfer …

… the concept of gene transfer actually indispensable to understanding microbial evolution
and … Our understanding of microbial gene transfer has evolved through the use of the three …

… In order to understand the impact of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on microbial evolution, …
of microbial evolution were based on the phylogenetic reconstruction of orthologous genes. …

… The importance of lateral gene transfer in genome evolution of microbial eukaryotes is …
Such niches are relatively recent in microbial evolution. There are also environmental conditions …

… Does gene transfer confer generally beneficial or deleterious outcomes for microbial recipients…
of HGT mechanisms to speciation and to the evolution of microbial communities at large? …

… the remarkable extent of horizontal gene transfer (HGT), and … HGT involves all transfers of
genetic material from one cell to … -corrected identification of microbial gene families relevant to …

… gene transfer fits in the current neo-Darwinian evolutionary … new evolutionary paradigm that
includes horizontal gene transfer … gene transfer plays a larger role in microbial evolution than …

… be visually or analytically multiplied (a×b×c) to form an evolutionary model, leading to d |
quantitative predictions relating to the effects of horizontal gene transfer on microbial evolution. …

… a bipartite, co-evolving unit. Here, we discuss some microbial symbioses in which progress
is … In the case of chloroplasts and mitochondria, examples of recent and ancient gene transfer …

… ) has had an important role in eukaryotic genome evolution, but its … of gene transfer in
prokaryotes. Recurrent endosymbioses and the generally poor sampling of most nuclear genes …