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Schoenknecht, Gerald ORCID: 0000-0003-3762-4880, Weber, Andreas P. M. and Lercher, Martin J. (2014). Horizontal gene acquisitions by eukaryotes as drivers of adaptive evolution. Bioessays, 36 (1). S. 9 - 21. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1521-1878

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Abstract

In contrast to vertical gene transfer from parent to offspring, horizontal (or lateral) gene transfer moves genetic information between different species. Bacteria and archaea often adapt through horizontal gene transfer. Recent analyses indicate that eukaryotic genomes, too, have acquired numerous genes via horizontal transfer from prokaryotes and other lineages. Based on this we raise the hypothesis that horizontally acquired genes may have contributed more to adaptive evolution of eukaryotes than previously assumed. Current candidate sets of horizontally acquired eukaryotic genes may just be the tip of an iceberg. We have recently shown that adaptation of the thermoacidophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria to its hot, acid, toxic-metal laden, volcanic environment was facilitated by the acquisition of numerous genes from extremophile bacteria and archaea. Other recently published examples of horizontal acquisitions involved in adaptation include ice-binding proteins in marine algae, enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis in aphids, and genes involved in fungal metabolism. Editor's suggested further reading in BioEssays Jumping the fine LINE between species: Horizontal transfer of transposable elements in animals catalyses genome evolution

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schoenknecht, Gerald UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-4880 UNSPECIFIED Weber, Andreas P. M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lercher, Martin J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-451763
DOI:	10.1002/bies.201300095
Journal or Publication Title:	Bioessays
Volume:	36
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 9 - 21
Date:	2014
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1521-1878
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DRAFT GENOME SEQUENCE; LATERAL TRANSFER; PHYLOGENOMIC EVIDENCE; CHLOROPLAST GENOMES; REVEALS; TRANSFERS; BACTERIA; HISTORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM Multiple languages Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/45176