Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important evolutionary process that allows the spread
of innovations between distantly related organisms. We present evidence that prokaryotes …

The initial analysis of complete genomes has suggested that horizontal gene transfer events
are very frequent between microorganisms. This could potentially render the inference, and …

Horizontal genomics is a new field in prokaryotic biology that is focused on the analysis of
DNA sequences in prokaryotic chromosomes that seem to have originated from other …

The various methods for detecting potential lateral gene transfer events typically uncover
different sets of genes. Because the procedures used to recognize transferred genes ask …

The scope and impact of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in Bacteria and Archaea has grown
from a topic largely ignored by the microbiological community to a hot‐button issue gaining …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is known to have contributed to the content of eukaryotic
genomes, but the direct effects of HGT on eukaryotic evolution are more obscure because …

Bacterial pathogens exhibit significant variation in their genomic content of virulence factors.
This reflects the abundance of strategies pathogens evolved to infect host organisms by …

Horizontal gene transfer is the collective name for processes that permit the exchange of
DNA among organisms of different species. Only recently has it been recognized as a …

Bacterial genomics is flourishing, as whole-genome sequencing has become affordable,
readily available and rapid. As a result, it has become clear how frequently horizontal gene …

Background The concept of the “pan-genome,” which refers to the total complement of
genes within a given sample or species, is well established in bacterial genomics. Rapid …