Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
Recurrent horizontal gene transfers across diverse termite genomes.
Cong Liu, Simon Hellemans, Yukihiro Kinjo, Alina A Mikhailova, Cédric Aumont, Yi-Ming Weng, Aleš Buček, Filip Husnik, Jan Šobotník, Mark C Harrison, Dino P McMahon, Thomas Bourguignon
Published: 202610.1093/evolut/qpag003
Abstract
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the transmission of genetic material across species, is an important innovation source in prokaryotes. In contrast, its significance is unclear in many eukaryotes, including insects. Here, we used high-quality genomes…
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