horizontal gene transfer

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horizontal gene transfer

The transfer of genetic material from one organism to another by a process other than reproduction, as in the conjugation of bacteria. Also called lateral gene transfer.

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Molecular evolution and mosaicism of leptospiral outer membrane proteins involves horizontal DNA transfer. J Bacteriol.

Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in wild rodents, Canary Islands, Spain

Horizontal DNA Transfer Between Bacteria in the Environment.

Analisis de transferencia horizontal de genes en ensayos de biorremediacion con grasas recalcitrantes

As a sequencing-based method for a single locus, spa typing possesses moderate discriminatory power, between PFGE and MLST; however, repeat-based spa typing is subject to misclassification bias due both to horizontal DNA transfer and to recombination and homoplasy (16).