PROMISCUOUS AND RULE-BREAKING. “Horizontal, or lateral, gene transfer (HGT) is different, both in mechanism and in impact. Barriers to homologous (legitimate) recombination do not preclude its occurrence—even between very distantly related organisms—because numerous illegitimate means are available for integrating foreign DNA into the genome.” This is the real magic of horizontal gene transfer.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022