title: Detection and quantitative assessment of horizontal gene transfer.
abstract: This chapter discusses the pros and cons of the existing computational methods for the detection of horizontal (or lateral) gene transfer and highlights the genome-wide studies utilizing these methods. The impact of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on prokaryote genome evolution is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zhaxybayeva
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D030541:Databases, Genetic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny