Posts Tagged ‘horizontaltransfer’

Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Endosymbiotic origin & differential loss of eukaryotic
geneshttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v524/n7566/full/nature14963.html For Euks, horizontal transfer is episodic (v continuous)

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

Friday, June 13th, 2014

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21600856-survival-ferns-present-depended-ancient-accident-time-and

#Horizontaltransfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor [Neochrome] from bryophytes to #ferns. Careful #phylogeny
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/18/6672.abstract