Horizontal gene transfer in the acquisition of novel traits by metazoans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Boto, Luis ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Metazoans; Novel traits

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAZOAN;

EID: 84891859970     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2450     Document Type: Review

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