A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' is the mechanism by which many introns spread within and ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps ...

Genetic studies have made it clear that eukaryotic horizontal gene transfer can and does happen ... Now, Rokas says, he thinks that DNA is not only moving around the tree of life, but it’s moving a ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers discover that "introners," transposable elements, are responsible for spreading noncoding DNA ...

But, due to the fact that horizontal gene transfer occurs between different species, this is oversimplifying things, as a perspective piece on the article 2 notes: . . . imagine that acacia trees ...

The discovery of a hot spot for horizontal gene transfer draws attention to the possible roles ... that bacteria form a web of related life rather than a branching family tree. The cells of eukaryotic ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) refers to the transfer of genes between organisms in a manner other than traditional reproduction. Also termed lateral gene transfer (LGT), it contrasts with ...

One process by which they do this is known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT), also referred to as lateral gene transfer (LGT). In this article, we will discuss what HGT is, how it is used in research, ...

2. Describe why horizontal gene transfer can more quickly disseminate antimicrobial resistance 3. Understand how long read and short read sequencing may be needed to describe the genetic context of ...

This horizontal gene transfer allowed maternal microbial strains to influence the functional capacity of the infant microbiome, in the absence of persistent transmission of the microbial strains ...

Transfer between species Among the many genomes they analyzed, the researchers found the first direct evidence for horizontal gene transfer of introners. They found eight examples of an introner ...

Among the many genomes they analyzed, the researchers found the first direct evidence for horizontal gene transfer of introners. They found eight examples of an introner hopping out of the genome ...