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 …

An increasingly comprehensive assessment is being developed of the extent and potential
significance of lateral gene transfer among microbial genomes. Genomic sequences can be …

The determination and analysis of complete genome sequences has led to the suggestion
that horiztonal gene transfer may be much more extensive than previously appreciated …

Sequence information from complete genomes, and from multiple loci of strains within
species, is transforming the way that we investigate the evolution of bacteria. Such large …

Non-tree-based ('surrogate') methods have been used to identify instances of lateral genetic
transfer in microbial genomes but agreement among predictions of different methods can be …

Lateral gene transfer has emerged as an important force in bacterial evolution. A substantial
number of genes can be inserted into or deleted from genomes through the process of …

Vertical transmission of heritable material, a cornerstone of the Darwinian theory of
evolution, is inadequate to describe the evolution of eukaryotes, particularly microbial …

Background Laterally transferred genes have often been identified on the basis of
compositional features that distinguish them from ancestral genes in the genome. These …

▪ Abstract Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is now known to be a major force in the evolution of
prokaryotic genomes. To date, most analyses have focused on either (a) verifying …

The four disparate images shown in Figure 1 have this in common: each represents a
radical adaptation that would not have happened had lateral gene transfer (LGT), also …