Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes

Evolutionary genomics of the cold-adapted diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus

(2017) Thomas Mock et al.   NATURE

Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

(2017) Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al.   NATURE

Mechanisms of gene flow in archaea

(2017) Alexander Wagner et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptations to High Salt in a Halophilic Protist: Differential Expression and Gene Acquisitions through Duplications and Gene Transfers

(2017) Tommy Harding et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp. PC1

(2016) Feifei Xu et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

A Eukaryote without a Mitochondrial Organelle

(2016) Anna Karnkowska et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributes to the Evolution of Arthropod Herbivory

(2016) Nicky Wybouw et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Late acquisition of mitochondria by a host with chimaeric prokaryotic ancestry

(2016) Alexandros A. Pittis et al.   NATURE

No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade

(2016) Kazuharu Arakawa   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene transfers from diverse bacteria compensate for reductive genome evolution in the chromatophore ofPaulinella chromatophora

(2016) Eva C. M. Nowack et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis

(2016) Filip Husnik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer ofWolbachiabacterial symbiont genome

(2016) Sébastien Leclercq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the tardigradeHypsibius dujardini

(2016) Georgios Koutsovoulos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Horizontally acquired genes in early-diverging pathogenic fungi enable the use of host nucleosides and nucleotides

(2016) William G. Alexander et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptional regulation of a horizontally transferred gene from bacterium to chordate

(2016) Yasunori Sasakura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transfer of DNA from Bacteria to Eukaryotes

(2016) Benoît Lacroix et al.   mBio

What Is the Tree of Life?

(2016) W. Ford Doolittle et al.   PLoS Genetics

Beg, Borrow and Steal: Three Aspects of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Protozoan Parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum

(2016) Adam Sateriale et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Archaeal ancestors of eukaryotes: not so elusive any more

(2015) Eugene V. Koonin   BMC BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats

(2015) Isobel Eyres et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Endosymbiosis and Eukaryotic Cell Evolution

(2015) John M. Archibald   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Metabolic Coevolution in the Bacterial Symbiosis of Whiteflies and Related Plant Sap-Feeding Insects

(2015) Jun-Bo Luan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Population Genomics of Infectious and IntegratedWolbachia pipientisGenomes inDrosophila ananassae

(2015) Jae Young Choi et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes

(2015) Chuan Ku et al.   NATURE

Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2015) Anja Spang et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life

(2015) Shannon M. Soucy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Recent events dominate interdomain lateral gene transfers between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and, with the exception of endosymbiotic gene transfers, few ancient transfer events persist

(2015) Laura A. Katz   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Endosymbiotic gene transfer from prokaryotic pangenomes: Inherited chimerism in eukaryotes

(2015) Chuan Ku et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mosaic nature of the mitochondrial proteome: Implications for the origin and evolution of mitochondria

(2015) Michael W. Gray   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Burkholderiabacteria infectiously induce the proto-farming symbiosis ofDictyosteliumamoebae and food bacteria

(2015) Susanne DiSalvo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dimensions of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotic Microbial Pathogens

(2015) Emile Gluck-Thaler et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of the Oomycetes

(2015) Fiona Savory et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2015) Alastair Crisp et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Wolbachiaco-infection in a hybrid zone: discovery of horizontal gene transfers from twoWolbachiasupergroups into an animal genome

(2015) Lisa J. Funkhouser-Jones et al.   PeerJ

An integrated phylogenomic approach toward pinpointing the origin of mitochondria

(2015) Zhang Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

(2014) Susannah J Salter et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Extensive duplication of the Wolbachia DNA in chromosome four of Drosophila ananassae

(2014) Lisa Klasson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rapid transcriptome sequencing of an invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys

(2014) Panagiotis Ioannidis et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Biology Wars: The Eukaryotes Strike Back

(2014) Julie C. Dunning Hotopp et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Parallel Histories of Horizontal Gene Transfer Facilitated Extreme Reduction of Endosymbiont Genomes in Sap-Feeding Insects

(2014) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function

(2014) Seemay Chou et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in the acquisition of novel traits by metazoans

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

The Pre-Endosymbiont Hypothesis: A New Perspective on the Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria

(2014) M. W. Gray   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Dispersed Archaeal Eukaryome and the Complex Archaeal Ancestor of Eukaryotes

(2014) E. V. Koonin et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Horizontal gene transfer of a bacterial insect toxin gene into the Epichloë fungal symbionts of grasses

(2014) Karen V. Ambrose et al.   Scientific Reports

Palaeosymbiosis Revealed by Genomic Fossils of Wolbachia in a Strongyloidean Nematode

(2014) Georgios Koutsovoulos et al.   PLoS Genetics

Presence of Extensive Wolbachia Symbiont Insertions Discovered in the Genome of Its Host Glossina morsitans morsitans

(2014) Corey Brelsfoard et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Antibacterial gene transfer across the tree of life

(2014) Jason A Metcalf et al.   eLife

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

(2014) Nicky Wybouw et al.   eLife

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

Horizontal gene acquisitions by eukaryotes as drivers of adaptive evolution

(2013) Gerald Schönknecht et al.   BIOESSAYS

Endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids: the genomic cooperation between bacterium and host in the synthesis of essential amino acids is heavily influenced by multiple horizontal gene transfers

(2013) João MP Alves et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis

(2013) Filip Husnik et al.   CELL

Adaptation through horizontal gene transfer in the cryptoendolithic red alga Galdieria phlegrea

(2013) Huan Qiu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

(2013) Jean-François Flot et al.   NATURE

Characterization of an Ancient Lepidopteran Lateral Gene Transfer

(2013) David Wheeler et al.   PLoS One

Biosynthesis of Vitamins and Cofactors in Bacterium-Harbouring Trypanosomatids Depends on the Symbiotic Association as Revealed by Genomic Analyses

(2013) Cecilia C. Klein et al.   PLoS One

Interdomain lateral gene transfer of an essential ferrochelatase gene in human parasitic nematodes

(2013) B. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of the mustard leaf beetle encodes two active xylanases originally acquired from bacteria through horizontal gene transfer

(2013) Y. Pauchet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2013) G. Schonknecht et al.   SCIENCE

Exploring the costs of horizontal gene transfer

(2013) David A. Baltrus   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Assessing the bacterial contribution to the plastid proteome

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

A Review of Bacteria-Animal Lateral Gene Transfer May Inform Our Understanding of Diseases like Cancer

(2013) Kelly M. Robinson et al.   PLoS Genetics

Patterns of prokaryotic lateral gene transfers affecting parasitic microbial eukaryotes

(2013) Cecilia Alsmark et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Implications of Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2012) Michael Syvanen   Annual Review of Genetics

Loss, replacement and gain of proteins at the origin of the mitochondria

(2012) Martijn A. Huynen et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Expressional and functional variation of horizontally acquired cellulases in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

(2012) Lisa N. Schuster et al.   GENE

An Evolutionary Network of Genes Present in the Eukaryote Common Ancestor Polls Genomes on Eukaryotic and Mitochondrial Origin

(2012) Thorsten Thiergart et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Multiple ancient horizontal gene transfers and duplications in lepidopteran species

(2012) B. F. Sun et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Recurrent Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Toxin Genes to Eukaryotes

(2012) Y. Moran et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Knowing your friends: invertebrate innate immunity fosters beneficial bacterial symbioses

(2012) Spencer V. Nyholm et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mammalian NUMT insertion is non-random

(2012) Junko Tsuji et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Possible Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Colonization of Sea Ice by Algae

(2012) James A. Raymond et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Julien Paganini et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene to an invasive insect pest of coffee

(2012) R. Acuna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land

(2012) Jipei Yue et al.   Nature Communications

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

Evolution of Patchily Distributed Proteins Shared between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes: Dictyostelium as a Case Study

(2011) Jan O. Andersson   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Eukaryotic Pyruvate Formate Lyase and Its Activating Enzyme Were Acquired Laterally from a Firmicute

(2011) C. W. Stairs et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals

(2011) Julie C. Dunning Hotopp   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Gene transfer into the fungi

(2011) Thomas A. Richards et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

The Mechanism of Double-Strand DNA Break Repair by the Nonhomologous DNA End-Joining Pathway

(2010) Michael R. Lieber   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Horizontally acquired DAP pathway as a unit of self-regulation

(2010) G. SUN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Foreign genes and novel hydrophilic protein genes participate in the desiccation response of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta ricciae

(2010) C. Boschetti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Endosymbiont DNA in Endobacteria-Free Filarial Nematodes Indicates Ancient Horizontal Genetic Transfer

(2010) Samantha N. McNulty et al.   PLoS One

Multiple lateral gene transfers and duplications have promoted plant parasitism ability in nematodes

(2010) Etienne G. J. Danchin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gorgeous mosaic of mitochondrial genes created by horizontal transfer and gene conversion

(2010) W. Hao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Interactions between mutualist Wigglesworthia and tsetse peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LB) influence trypanosome transmission

(2009) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryotes Micromonas

(2009) A. Z. Worden et al.   SCIENCE

Acquisition of prokaryotic genes by fungal genomes

(2009) Marina Marcet-Houben et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

β-Fructofuranosidase Genes of the Silkworm,Bombyx mori

(2008) Takaaki Daimon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Analysis of a Horizontally Transferred Pathway Involved in Vitamin B6 Biosynthesis from the Soybean Cyst Nematode Heterodera glycines

(2008) J. P. Craig et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ferritin is used for iron storage in bloom-forming marine pennate diatoms

(2008) Adrian Marchetti et al.   NATURE

A novel route for ATP acquisition by the remnant mitochondria of Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2008) Anastasios D. Tsaousis et al.   NATURE

The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

(2008) Chris Bowler et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Whole-cell response of the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to iron starvation

(2008) A. E. Allen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers

(2008) E. A. Gladyshev et al.   SCIENCE