Gene transfer: gene swapping craze reaches eukaryotes.
Recent studies have provided evidence for gene transfers from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and between eukaryotes. The mechanisms and frequencies of these transfers remain the subject of speculation, but the findings provide ample reason to seriously consider interspecies gene transfer as an important evolutionary process in eukaryotes.
Gogarten
J Peter
JP
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, 06269-3044, Connecticut, USA. gogarten@uconn.edu
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D016828:Diplomonadida / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells; D013559:Symbiosis; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000235:genetics