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HGT detection identifies capsid genes in ticks

Claim that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) detection approaches identify several viral capsid or N protein genes integrated in tick genomes.

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Evidence Quote

“HGT-based search reveals putative viral HGT events in tick and other venomous animal genomes.”

Relationship

HGT event detects endogenized capsid in tick

Arguments

Putative endogenized viral capsid protein in ticksobject

Connections (3)

Reasoning linking viral HGT, gene structure, and venom-related function in tick capsid-like proteinsInferenceChain
Bracovirus capsid HMM detects capsid in Microplitis demolitorAssociation
Inference chain: Methodological rationale for HGT and viral capsid detectionInferenceChain

Evidence

“Reference to Dutton and Reiter (2024) describing the PreHGT workflow”

Dutton RJ & Reiter T (2024). PreHGT: A scalable workflow that screens for horizontal gene transfer within and between kingdoms doi:10.57844/ARCADIA-JFBP-7P11 ↗

“Rancurel et al. (2017) Alienness tool for HGT detection”

Rancurel C et al. (2017). Alienness: Rapid Detection of Candidate Horizontal Gene Transfers across the Tree of Life doi:10.3390/genes8100248 ↗

“Gladyshev et al. (2008) study describing massive HGT in bdelloid rotifers”

Gladyshev EA et al. (2008). Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers doi:10.1126/science.1156407 ↗

“Martyn C, Hayes BM, Lauko D, Mithun E, Castañeda G, Bosco-Lauth A, Kistler A, Pollard KS, Chou S. (2022) study on diverse microbes and endogenous viral elements in Ixodes ticks.”

Martyn C et al. (2022). mNGS Investigation of Single Ixodes pacificus Ticks Reveals Diverse Microbes, Viruses, and a Novel mRNA-like Endogenous Viral Elements. doi:10.1101/2022.08.17.504163 ↗