Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution
Gophna, Uri![Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/147/14740664/CHSBZCOP0314740664.jpg)
Although the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer has been known since the 1940s, it was the genomics era that has really revealed the extent and many facets of this evolutionary/genetic phenomenon. Even in the early 2000s with but a handful of genomes available, it became clear that the nature of microorganisms is full of genetic exchange between lineages that are sometimes far apart. The years following this saw an explosion of genomic data, ...