Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model

	Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model
	Huang, Jinling1,2
通讯作者	Huang,JL (reprint author),E Carolina Univ,Dept Biol,Greenville,NC USA.,huangj@ecu.edu
	2013-10-01
发表期刊	BIOESSAYS
ISSN	0265-9247
卷号	35 期号:10 页码:868-875
摘要	The significance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in eukaryotic evolution remains controversial. Although many eukaryotic genes are of bacterial origin, they are often interpreted as being derived from mitochondria or plastids. Because of their fixed gene pool and gene loss, however, mitochondria and plastids alone cannot adequately explain the presence of all, or even the majority, of bacterial genes in eukaryotes. Available data indicate that no insurmountable barrier to HGT exists, even in complex multicellular eukaryotes. In addition, the discovery of both recent and ancient HGT events in all major eukaryotic groups suggests that HGT has been a regular occurrence throughout the history of eukaryotic evolution. A model of HGT is proposed that suggests both unicellular and early developmental stages as likely entry points for foreign genes into multicellular eukaryotes.
关键词	Endosymbiosis Eukaryotic Evolution Gene Acquisition Genome Evolution Organellar Gene Transfer
学科领域	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000327868600007
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/17423
专题	中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
作者单位	1.E Carolina Univ, Dept Biol, Greenville, NC USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang, Jinling. Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model[J]. BIOESSAYS,2013,35(10):868-875.
APA	Huang, Jinling.(2013).Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model.BIOESSAYS,35(10),868-875.
MLA	Huang, Jinling."Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: The weak-link model".BIOESSAYS 35.10(2013):868-875.

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