HGT
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HGT
- The detection of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events tends to start with a genome project.
- HGT events
- HGT between bacteria
- gene transfer via HGT
Examples
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HGT events have enabled eukaryotes to live in extremely hot, cold, and otherwise toxic environments.
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By contrast, the frequency and importance of HGT between bacteria and eukaryotes remain controversial and less clear, particularly for animals.
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However, HGT is not likely to occur equally among all branches of life.
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Two issues hinder the precise identification of the donor organism for many HGT events.
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However, numerous papers reporting HGT events from bacteria to eukaryotes stand on solid conceptual and methodological ground (Table 1).
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We classify these HGT events into 'maintenance' transfers and 'innovation' transfers and explain how HGT from bacteria has shaped, and continues to shape, eukaryotic genomes.
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Bacteria-to-eukaryote HGT events include not only genes for peptidoglycan degradation but also genes for peptidoglycan synthesis.
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Using this broad taxonomic sampling, we outline mechanistic similarities in HGT events that result in functional genes and organize these transfers into common functional categories.
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Likewise, two HGT events seem to protect the microsporidium Antonospora locustae from oxidative and ultraviolet light-induced damage 124, 125.
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HGT refers to the method by which bacteria share genetic material through HGT.
Surface Forms
Etymology
HGT comes from the first letters of horizontal, gene, and transfer, so you can remember it as genes that 'move' sideways between organisms rather than down a family line, which is why it means the movement of genetic material.