Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) enables acquisition of novel gene functions
Claim that HGT is the exchange of DNA between species, enabling organisms to gain new gene functions and resulting in genome novelty and rapid adaptation.
Evidence Quote
“Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the exchange of DNA between species. It can lead to the acquisition of new gene functions, so finding HGT events can reveal genome novelty.”
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Evidence
“DOI reference to review on HGT's role in evolution”
“DOI reference to study on functional HGT to eukaryotes”
“DOI reference to review on HGT and bacterial adaptation”
“DOI reference to mechanistic overview on HGT patterns”
“DOI reference to review on extent of HGT in eukaryotes”
“DOI reference to review on gene flow mechanisms in archaea”
“DOI reference to study contradicting extensive HGT in tardigrade genomes”
“Reference for Copley SD, Dhillon JK. (2002) on LGT and parallel evolution in glutathione pathways”
“Reference for Cote-L’Heureux A et al. (2022) on interdomain LGT events”
“Reference for Knowles LL et al. (2018) on distinguishing ILS from LGT by phylogenetic scale”
“Reference for Ravenhall M et al. (2015) review on inference of HGT”
“Reference for (2020) on patterns and impacts of nonvertical evolution in eukaryotes”
“Evidence line summarizing rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion, with relevance to horizontal gene transfer, as shown by David and Alm (2010).”
“Evidence line summarizing that horizontal gene transfer occurs from bacteria and plants to the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, as shown by Li et al. (2018).”