Horizontal Gene Transfers from Bacteria to Entamoeba Complex: A Strategy for Dating Events along Species Divergence

Horizontal gene transfer has proved to be relevant in eukaryotic evolution, as it has been found more often than expected and related to adaptation to certain niches. A relatively large list of laterally transferred genes has been proposed and evaluated for the parasite Entamoeba histolytica. The go...

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Main Authors: Miguel Romero, R. Cerritos, Cecilia Ximenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3241027
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