In biological systems, evolutionary innovations can spread not only from parent to offspring
(ie vertical transmission), but also 'horizontally'between individuals, who may or may not be …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important factor in bacterial evolution that can act
across species boundaries. Yet, we know little about rate and genomic targets of cross …

A global medical crisis is unfolding as antibiotics lose effectiveness against a growing
number of bacterial pathogens. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes significantly to …

This is a contribution to the history of scientific advance in the past 70 years concerning the
identification of genetic information, its molecular structure, the identification of its functions …

Lateral gene transfer (LGT) has significantly influenced bacterial evolution since the origins
of life. It helped bacteria generate flexible, mosaic genomes and enables individual cells to …

Plasmids have a key role in bacterial ecology and evolution because they mobilize
accessory genes by horizontal gene transfer. However, recent studies have revealed that …

Even in lieu of a dependable species concept for asexual organisms, the classification of
bacteria into discrete taxonomic units is considered to be obstructed by the potential for …

Studies in microbial evolution have focused on the origin and vertical transmission of
genetic variation within populations experiencing limited recombination. Genomic analyses …

Genes introduced by gene replacements and other types of horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
represent a significant presence in many archaeal and eubacterial genomes. Most alien …

Horizontal gene transfer, in which genetic material is transferred from the genome of one
organism to that of another, has been investigated in microbial species mainly through …