Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life

Toward an understanding of the function of Chlamydiales in plastid endosymbiosis

(2015) Steven G. Ball et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Lateral gene transfers and the origins of the eukaryote proteome: a view from microbial parasites

(2015) Robert P Hirt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The genome of cultivated sweet potato containsAgrobacteriumT-DNAs with expressed genes: An example of a naturally transgenic food crop

(2015) Tina Kyndt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plastid establishment did not require a chlamydial partner

(2015) Daryl Domman et al.   Nature Communications

Expression of multiple horizontally acquired genes is a hallmark of both vertebrate and invertebrate genomes

(2015) Alastair Crisp et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genomes in turmoil: quantification of genome dynamics in prokaryote supergenomes

(2014) Pere Puigbò et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

funRNA: a fungi-centered genomics platform for genes encoding key components of RNAi

(2014) Jaeyoung Choi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Root parasitic plant Orobanche aegyptiaca and shoot parasitic plant Cuscuta australis obtained Brassicaceae-specific strictosidine synthase-like genes by horizontal gene transfer

(2014) Dale Zhang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Phylogenomic Study Indicates Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer in Entamoeba and Suggests a Past Intimate Relationship with Parabasalids

(2014) Jessica R. Grant et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Recurrent Horizontal Transfers of Chapaev Transposons in Diverse Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals

(2014) Hua-Hao Zhang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria

(2014) Shijulal Nelson-Sathi et al.   NATURE

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

(2014) Calum Johnston et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Ancient horizontal transfer of transaldolase-like protein gene and its role in plant vascular development

(2014) Zefeng Yang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

(2014) F.-W. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Horizontal gene transfer in the acquisition of novel traits by metazoans

(2014) Luis Boto   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Origin of plant auxin biosynthesis

(2014) Jipei Yue et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Bioinformatic Genome Comparisons for Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Assignments Using Aeromonas as a Test Case

(2014) Sophie M. Colston et al.   mBio

Origin and Evolution of Plastids and Photosynthesis in Eukaryotes

(2014) G. I. McFadden   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Phylogenetically Driven Sequencing of Extremely Halophilic Archaea Reveals Strategies for Static and Dynamic Osmo-response

(2014) Erin A. Becker et al.   PLoS Genetics

A gene horizontally transferred from bacteria protects arthropods from host plant cyanide poisoning

(2014) Nicky Wybouw et al.   eLife

Extracellular DNA metabolism in Haloferax volcanii

(2014) Scott Chimileski et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

When peers are not peers and don't know it: The Dunning-Kruger effect and self-fulfilling prophecy in peer-review

(2013) Sui Huang   BIOESSAYS

Evolution of a horizontally acquired legume gene, albumin 1, in the parasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca and related species

(2013) Yeting Zhang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The scale and evolutionary significance of horizontal gene transfer in the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis

(2013) Jipei Yue et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

(2013) Betsy A. Read et al.   NATURE

Metabolic Effectors Secreted by Bacterial Pathogens: Essential Facilitators of Plastid Endosymbiosis?

(2013) Steven G. Ball et al.   PLANT CELL

Horizontal Transfer of Entire Genomes via Mitochondrial Fusion in the Angiosperm Amborella

(2013) D. W. Rice et al.   SCIENCE

Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote

(2013) G. Schonknecht et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing the bacterial contribution to the plastid proteome

(2013) Huan Qiu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Transition from glycogen to starch metabolism in Archaeplastida

(2013) Ugo Cenci et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Genome of the red alga Porphyridium purpureum

(2013) Debashish Bhattacharya et al.   Nature Communications

Bacteria-Human Somatic Cell Lateral Gene Transfer Is Enriched in Cancer Samples

(2013) David R. Riley et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Smelt was the likely beneficiary of an antifreeze gene laterally transferred between fishes

(2012) Laurie A Graham et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Horizontal transfer of expressed genes in a parasitic flowering plant

(2012) Zhenxiang Xi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of Bradyrhizobium strains: revealing high diversity of tropical diazotrophic symbiotic bacteria

(2012) Jakeline Renata Marçon Delamuta et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptive Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis through Recurrent Lateral Gene Transfer

(2012) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Low Species Barriers in Halophilic Archaea and the Formation of Recombinant Hybrids

(2012) Adit Naor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Characterization of the first alginolytic operons in a marine bacterium: from their emergence in marine Flavobacteriia to their independent transfers to marine Proteobacteria and human gut Bacteroides

(2012) François Thomas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantifying Homologous Replacement of Loci between Haloarchaeal Species

(2012) David Williams et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Infinitely Many Genes Model for the Distributed Genome of Bacteria

(2012) Franz Baumdicker et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

High Expression Hampers Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2012) Chungoo Park et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

(2012) Cédric Feschotte et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Contribution of Lateral Gene Transfers to the Genome Composition and Parasitic Ability of Root-Knot Nematodes

(2012) Julien Paganini et al.   PLoS One

Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea

(2012) S. Nelson-Sathi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora

(2012) G. Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How Bacterial Lineages Emerge

(2012) R. T. Papke et al.   SCIENCE

Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

(2012) D. C. Price et al.   SCIENCE

The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss

(2012) J. J. Morris et al.   mBio

Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land

(2012) Jipei Yue et al.   Nature Communications

Phylogeny rather than ecology or lifestyle biases the construction of Escherichia coli-Shigella genetic exchange communities

(2012) E. Skippington et al.   Open Biology

Biochemical Diversification through Foreign Gene Expression in Bdelloid Rotifers

(2012) Chiara Boschetti et al.   PLoS Genetics

The genome of the polar eukaryotic microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea reveals traits of cold adaptation

(2012) Guillaume Blanc et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Cell fusion and hybrids in Archaea

(2012) Adit Naor et al.   Bioengineered

A Rooted Net of Life

(2011) David Williams et al.   Biology Direct

Pathogen-origin horizontally transferred genes contribute to the evolution of Lepidopteran insects

(2011) Zi-Wen Li et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Home and away- the evolutionary dynamics of homing endonucleases

(2011) Adi Barzel et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Biased gene transfer in microbial evolution

(2011) Cheryl P. Andam et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer facilitated the evolution of plant parasitic mechanisms in the oomycetes

(2011) T. A. Richards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Methylaspartate Cycle in Haloarchaea

(2011) M. Khomyakova et al.   SCIENCE

Horizontal Transfer, Not Duplication, Drives the Expansion of Protein Families in Prokaryotes

(2011) Todd J. Treangen et al.   PLoS Genetics

What traits are carried on mobile genetic elements and why?

(2010) D J Rankin et al.   HEREDITY

Comparison of 61 Sequenced Escherichia coli Genomes

(2010) Oksana Lukjancenko et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Algal Genes in the Closest Relatives of Animals

(2010) G. Sun et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota

(2010) Jan-Hendrik Hehemann et al.   NATURE

Detecting genomic islands using bioinformatics approaches

(2010) Morgan G. I. Langille et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer by the Parasitic Plant Striga hermonthica

(2010) S. Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Promiscuous DNA: horizontal transfer of transposable elements and why it matters for eukaryotic evolution

(2010) Sarah Schaack et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Gene Transfer and Diversification of Microbial Eukaryotes

(2009) Jan O. Andersson   Annual Review of Microbiology

Eukaryotic and Eubacterial Contributions to the Establishment of Plastid Proteome Estimated by Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses

(2009) K. Suzuki et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An actinoporin plays a key role in water stress in the mossPhyscomitrella patens

(2009) Quoc Truong Hoang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Darwinian evolution in the light of genomics

(2009) E. V. Koonin   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Conjugative plasmids: vessels of the communal gene pool

(2009) A. Norman et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic Footprints of a Cryptic Plastid Endosymbiosis in Diatoms

(2009) A. Moustafa et al.   SCIENCE

Estimating the size of the bacterial pan-genome

(2009) Pascal Lapierre et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Chlamydiae Has Contributed at Least 55 Genes to Plantae with Predominantly Plastid Functions

(2008) Ahmed Moustafa et al.   PLoS One

Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution

(2008) Jinling Huang et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY