Grafting or pruning in the animal tree: lateral gene transfer and gene loss?

Published in: BMC genomics (2018)

ACY3/ASPA is most likely a bacteria-animal LGT. LGTs at these time scales in the ancestors of humans are not unexpected given the many known, well-characterized, and adaptive LGTs from bacteria to insects and nematodes.

Keyphrases

copy number
genome wide
genome wide identification
dna methylation
transcription factor