GIANT GENE GAINS. “The same reconstructions indicate that in all analyzed groups of microbes, the rate of gene gain exceeds the gene duplication rate by at least an order of magnitude. The primary source of gene gain is HGT, which accordingly is the principal route of evolutionary innovation in bacteria and archaea.” (HGT = horizontal gene transfer).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022