Reticulate evolution in eukaryotes: Origin and evolution of the nitrate assimilation pathway.

Genes and genomes can evolve through interchanging genetic material, this leading to reticular evolutionary patterns. However, the importance of reticulate evolution in eukaryotes, and in particular of horizontal gene transfer (HGT), remains controversial. Given that metabolic pathways with taxonomi...

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Main Authors: Eduard Ocaña-Pallarès, Sebastián R Najle, Claudio Scazzocchio, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6400420?pdf=render