Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gophna, Uri. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.