If other plant species had similar photoreceptor genes, their sequences were sure to be in ... University of Texas at Austin If Li had been studying bacteria, finding this kind of lateral or ...

that horizontal gene transfer between kingdoms could be a natural process. This idea was based on the numerous demonstrations that bacteria, fungi, and animal cells readily take up and express ...

For example ... "We were also able to demonstrate that horizontal gene transfer, a phenomenon that describes the incorporation of foreign genes from bacteria into the genome, is quite common ...

These symbiotic relationships provide clues as to how genetic material was exchanged between bacteria and beetles. Key findings highlight the role of horizontal gene transfer, the incorporation of ...

Almost all bacterial genomes show evidence of past LGT events, and the phenomenon is known to have profound effects on microbial biology. This DNA-sharing process, known as horizontal or lateral gene ...

For example ... These sequences can be passed onto offspring, and they can also be shared with other bacterial cells through a process called horizontal gene transfer. Previous studies have ...

This manuscript describes an important finding of the transcriptional control of a chimeric gene transfer agents (GTA) cluster in Bartonella by a processive anti-termination factor (BrrG). The ...

For example ... "We were also able to demonstrate that horizontal gene transfer, a phenomenon that describes the incorporation of foreign genes from bacteria into the genome, is quite common ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...