Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution - Gophna, Uri.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Part I: LGT-Driven Metabolic Innovations and Adaptations -- Lateral Gene Transfer and the Synthesis of Thymidine -- Lateral Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Photosynthesis in Eukaryotes -- On the Eco-evolutionary Relationships of Fresh and Salt Water Bacteria and the Role of Gene Transfer in their Adaptation -- Mobilized Integrons: Team Players In The Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes -- Plasmids of the bovine Rumen -- Part II: The Integration of New Genes into Existing Networks -- Lateral Gene Transfer and Cellular Networks -- The Complexity Hypothesis and Other Connectivity Barriers to Lateral Gene Transfer -- How Codon Usage Shapes Gene Transfer and Vice Versa -- Part III: Inter-domain Gender Transfer -- Lateral Gene Transfer in Animals -- Gene Transfer and the Chimeric Nature of Eukaryotic Genomes -- Gene transfer from Eukaryotes to Legionella -- Application of a new Mapping Algorithm to Reevaluate Evidence of Interdomain Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Genome of Thermotoga Maritime -- Part IV: LGT, Speciation and the Tree/Web of Life -- Gradual Speciation and its Implications for the Tree of Life -- Biased Gene Transfer Contributes to Maintaining the Tree of Life -- Speciation in the Shadow of Recombination and Lateral Gene Transfer -- Index.
Keywords: Human genetics; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Evolutionary biology; Human Genetics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Evolutionary Biology