Tag: Horizontal gene transfer

  • Nation & World

    Horizontal helper

    Cassandra Extavour and Leo Blondel provide the strongest suggestive evidence yet that at least part of a specific gene came from bacterial genomes.

    7 minutes
    Cassandra Extavour.
  • Nation & World

    ‘Stealing’ life’s building blocks

    Researchers have found that a parasitic flower takes large portions of its genetic code from its host, and that some genes borrowed by the flowers may even be functional. The surprising finding suggests that the process may convey some evolutionary advantage to the flowers.

    5 minutes