Gene and genome trees conflict at many levels.

Full Abstract

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays a significant role in microbial evolution. It can accelerate the adaptation of an organism, it can generate new metabolic pathways and it can completely remodel an organism's genome. We examine 27 closely related genomes from the YESS group of gamma proteobacteria and a variety of four-taxon datasets from a diverse range of prokaryotes in order to explore the kinds of effects HGT has had on these organisms.

Author information

Author/s: Haggerty, Leanne S (LS); Martin, Fergal J (FJ); Fitzpatrick, David A (DA); McInerney, James O (JO);

Affiliation: Department of Biology, The National University of Ireland, , Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 364 (issue 1527) : pp 2209-19

Dates: Created 2009/07/02; Completed 2009/10/05;

PMID: 19571241, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/5/2009, IMS Date: )

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