Sampling the mobile gene pool: innovation via horizontal gene transfer in bacteria

In biological systems, evolutionary innovations can spread not only from parent to offspring (i.e. vertical transmission), but also ‘horizontally’ between individuals, who may or may not be related. Nowhere is this more apparent than in bacteria, where novel ecological traits can spread rapidly with...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2017-12, Vol.372 (1735), p.20160424-20160424
Main Authors: Hall, James P. J., Brockhurst, Michael A., Harrison, Ellie
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Accessory Genome
Bacteria
Bacteria - genetics
Biological Evolution
Disease transmission
Ecological conditions
Evolution
Gene pool
Gene transfer
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Innovations
Lateral Gene Transfer
Offspring
Pan-Genome
Review
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Bacteria
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Gene transfer
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Innovations
Lateral Gene Transfer
Offspring
Pan-Genome
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