Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 868-875

  Huang, Jinling ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Eukaryotic evolution; Gene acquisition; Genome evolution; Organellar gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOSS; GENE POOL; GENETIC MODEL; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID;

ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION; GENE ACQUISITION; GENOME EVOLUTION; ORGANELLAR GENE TRANSFER;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84884718654     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300007     Document Type: Article

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