Title |
Intergeneric transfer of ribosomal genes between two fungi
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-8-87 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jiatao Xie, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang, Guoqing Li, Junbin Huang, Bo Li, Tom Hsiang, Youliang Peng |
Abstract |
Horizontal gene transfer, also called lateral gene transfer, frequently occurs among prokaryotic organisms, and is considered an important force in their evolution. However, there are relatively few reports of transfer to or from fungi, with some notable exceptions in the acquisition of prokaryotic genes. Some fungal species have been found to contain sequences resembling those of bacterial genes, and with such sequences absent in other fungal species, this has been interpreted as horizontal gene transfer. Similarly, a few fungi have been found to contain genes absent in close relatives but present in more distantly related taxa, and horizontal gene transfer has been invoked as a parsimonious explanation. There is a paucity of direct experimental evidence demonstrating the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer in fungi. |
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