Identical sequences found in distant genomes reveal frequent horizontal transfer across the bacterial domain

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an essential force in microbial evolution. Despite detailed studies on a variety of systems, a global picture of HGT in the microbial world is still missing. Here, we exploit that HGT creates long identical DNA sequences in the genomes of distant species, which can...

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Published in:	eLife
Main Authors:	Michael Sheinman, Ksenia Arkhipova, Peter F Arndt, Bas E Dutilh, Rutger Hermsen, Florian Massip
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-06-01
Subjects:	horizontal gene transfer alignment-free method antibiotic resistance power law genome evolution
Online Access:	https://elifesciences.org/articles/62719