The frequency of eubacterium-to-eukaryote lateral gene transfers shows significant cross-taxa variation within amoebozoa

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 801-814

  Watkins, Russell F ^a,b   Gray, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amoebozoa; Dictyostelium; Eubacteria; Eukaryotes; Expressed sequence tags; Genome evolution; Hartmannella; Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; EUBACTERIUM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HARTMANNELLA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LANGAT VIRUS;

EID: 33845371571     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0031-0     Document Type: Article

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