title: Genome evolution: horizontal movements in the fungi.
abstract: Fungi possess robust cell walls and do not engulf prey cells by phagotrophy. As a consequence they are thought to be relatively immune from the invasion of foreign genes. Nonetheless, a growing body of evidence suggests gene transfer has amended the metabolic networks of many fungal species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum London, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK. thomr@nhm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000502:physiology*; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny