May 2008 PMID 18511688

Massive horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers.

Eugene A Gladyshev, Matthew Meselson, Irina R Arkhipova

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The study found that bdelloid rotifers, a type of tiny freshwater animal, have many genes that seem to come from bacteria, fungi, and plants, especially near the ends of their chromosomes, suggesting they acquire genes through horizontal gene transfer.
Unlike some other organisms, bdelloid rotifers generally lack foreign genes in their core, gene-rich regions, but they do have many mobile genetic elements and intact foreign genes that can be actively transcribed.
Some of these foreign genes are functional, such as a bacterial gene that, when tested in bacteria, produced an active enzyme, indicating that this gene transfer might play a significant role in how bdelloid rotifers evolve and adapt.]

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Although it may be quite old, I loved this paper: Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers https://t.co/HukISrmRpV

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