Haggerty, Leanne S. and Martin, Fergal J. and Fitzpatrick, David A. and McInerney, James O. (2009) Gene and genome trees conflict at many levels. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 364 (1527). pp. 2209-2219. ISSN 0080-4622

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	phylogeny; prokaryotes; conflict;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology
Item ID:	7458
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0042
Depositing User:	David Fitzpatrick
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2016 15:25
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Publisher:	Royal Society
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
URI:	http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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