Horizontal gene acquisitions by eukaryotes as drivers of adaptive evolution

The Number, Speed, and Impact of Plastid Endosymbioses in Eukaryotic Evolution

(2013) Patrick J. Keeling   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Draft genome sequence of the male-killing Wolbachia strain wBol1 reveals recent horizontal gene transfers from diverse sources

(2013) Anne Duplouy et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Horizontal Transfer and Evolution of Prokaryote Transposable Elements in Eukaryotes

(2013) Clément Gilbert et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Latest Progress in Microsporidian Genome Research

(2013) Nicolas Corradi et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

(2013) Jean-François Flot et al.   NATURE

Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter

(2013) Christian Rinke et al.   NATURE

Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals

(2013) Leonidas Salichos et al.   NATURE

Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

(2013) Betsy A. Read et al.   NATURE

Widespread horizontal transfer of retrotransposons

(2013) A. M. Walsh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pandoraviruses: Amoeba Viruses with Genomes Up to 2.5 Mb Reaching That of Parasitic Eukaryotes

(2013) N. Philippe et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) G. Schonknecht et al.   SCIENCE

Genome of the red alga Porphyridium purpureum

(2013) Debashish Bhattacharya et al.   Nature Communications

Extensive Intra-Kingdom Horizontal Gene Transfer Converging on a Fungal Fructose Transporter Gene

(2013) Marco A. Coelho et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evolutionary Implications of Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2012) Michael Syvanen   Annual Review of Genetics

Ancient gene transfer from algae to animals: Mechanisms and evolutionary significance

(2012) Ting Ni et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rather than by direct acquisition via lateral gene transfer, GHF5 cellulases were passed on from early Pratylenchidae to root-knot and cyst nematodes

(2012) Katarzyna Rybarczyk-Mydłowska et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Horizontal transfer of expressed genes in a parasitic flowering plant

(2012) Zhenxiang Xi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Adaptive Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis through Recurrent Lateral Gene Transfer

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

Horizontal gene transfers as metagenomic gene duplications

(2012) Luigi Grassi et al.   Molecular BioSystems

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

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

Discovery of Novel dsRNA Viral Sequences by In Silico Cloning and Implications for Viral Diversity, Host Range and Evolution

(2012) Huiquan Liu 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

Host RNAs, including transposons, are encapsidated by a eukaryotic single-stranded RNA virus

(2012) A. Routh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Horizontal transfer of chloroplast genomes between plant species

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

Gain and loss of multiple functionally related, horizontally transferred genes in the reduced genomes of two microsporidian parasites

(2012) J.-F. Pombert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolutionary history of haptophytes and cryptophytes: phylogenomic evidence for separate origins

(2012) F. Burki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

(2012) D. C. Price et al.   SCIENCE

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

Gene functionalities and genome structure in Bathycoccus prasinos reflect cellular specializations at the base of the green lineage

(2012) Hervé Moreau et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer in silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2011) Bo Zhu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Horizontal gene transfer in fungi

(2011) David A. Fitzpatrick   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Directed networks reveal genomic barriers and DNA repair bypasses to lateral gene transfer among prokaryotes

(2011) O. Popa et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nematodes: A Catalyst for Plant Parasitism?

(2011) Annelies Haegeman et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

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

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Towards more robust methods of alien gene detection

(2011) Rajeev K. Azad et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Abundant Human DNA Contamination Identified in Non-Primate Genome Databases

(2011) Mark S. Longo et al.   PLoS One

Insight into the Interaction of Metal Ions with TroA from Streptococcus suis

(2011) Beiwen Zheng et al.   PLoS One

Single-Cell Genomics Reveals Organismal Interactions in Uncultivated Marine Protists

(2011) H. S. Yoon et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Genomic Insights into the Origin of Parasitism in the Emerging Plant Pathogen Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

(2011) Taisei Kikuchi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Genome of Naegleria gruberi Illuminates Early Eukaryotic Versatility

(2010) Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin et al.   CELL

A structural classification of substrate-binding proteins

(2010) Ronnie P.-A. Berntsson et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer from Double-Stranded RNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Nuclear Genomes

(2010) H. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Algal Genes in the Closest Relatives of Animals

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

The Complexity Hypothesis Revisited: Connectivity Rather Than Function Constitutes a Barrier to Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2010) O. Cohen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

The energetics of genome complexity

(2010) Nick Lane et al.   NATURE

No evidence for lateral gene transfer between salmonids and schistosomes

(2010) Christoph Grunau et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The evolution of gene duplications: classifying and distinguishing between models

(2010) Hideki Innan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

CDD: a Conserved Domain Database for the functional annotation of proteins

(2010) A. Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Benchmark of Parametric Methods for Horizontal Transfers Detection

(2010) Jennifer Becq et al.   PLoS One

Lateral Transfer of Genes from Fungi Underlies Carotenoid Production in Aphids

(2010) N. A. Moran et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2009) Lisa Klasson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functional and ecological impacts of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes

(2009) Patrick J Keeling   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

A Machine-Learning Approach Reveals That Alignment Properties Alone Can Accurately Predict Inference of Lateral Gene Transfer from Discordant Phylogenies

(2009) M. Roettger et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Photosystem I gene cassettes are present in marine virus genomes

(2009) Itai Sharon et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in evolution: facts and challenges

(2009) L. Boto   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Acquisition of prokaryotic genes by fungal genomes

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

The transferome of metabolic genes explored: analysis of the horizontal transfer of enzyme encoding genes in unicellular eukaryotes

(2009) John W Whitaker et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

An Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfer between Mosquito and the Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia pipientis

(2008) Megan Woolfit et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

The evolution of modularity in bacterial metabolic networks

(2008) A. Kreimer 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

Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution

(2008) Jinling Huang et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY