Horizontal gene transfer in plants. Export

@article{citeulike:2652813, abstract = {Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played a major role in bacterial evolution and is fairly common in certain unicellular eukaryotes. However, the prevalence and importance of HGT in the evolution of multicellular eukaryotes remain unclear. Recent studies indicate that plant mitochondrial genomes are unusually active in HGT relative to all other organellar and nuclear genomes of multicellular eukaryotes. Although little about the mechanisms of plant HGT is known, several studies have implicated parasitic plants as both donors and recipients of mitochondrial genes. Most cases uncovered thus far have involved a single transferred gene per species; however, recent work has uncovered a case of massive HGT in Amborella trichopoda involving acquisition of at least a few dozen and probably hundreds of foreign mitochondrial genes. These foreign genes came from multiple donors, primarily eudicots and mosses. This review will examine the implications of such massive transfer, the potential mechanisms and consequences of plant-to-plant mitochondrial HGT in general, as well as the limited evidence for HGT in plant chloroplast and nuclear genomes.}, address = {Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.}, author = {Richardson, A. O. and Palmer, J. D.}, citeulike-article-id = {2652813}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17030541}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17030541}, issn = {0022-0957}, journal = {Journal of experimental botany}, keywords = {general\_interest, horizontal\_gene\_transfer}, number = {1}, pages = {1--9}, posted-at = {2008-04-11 08:46:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Horizontal gene transfer in plants.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17030541}, volume = {58}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2652813 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2652813 N2 - Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played a major role in bacterial evolution and is fairly common in certain unicellular eukaryotes. However, the prevalence and importance of HGT in the evolution of multicellular eukaryotes remain unclear. Recent studies indicate that plant mitochondrial genomes are unusually active in HGT relative to all other organellar and nuclear genomes of multicellular eukaryotes. Although little about the mechanisms of plant HGT is known, several studies have implicated parasitic plants as both donors and recipients of mitochondrial genes. Most cases uncovered thus far have involved a single transferred gene per species; however, recent work has uncovered a case of massive HGT in Amborella trichopoda involving acquisition of at least a few dozen and probably hundreds of foreign mitochondrial genes. These foreign genes came from multiple donors, primarily eudicots and mosses. This review will examine the implications of such massive transfer, the potential mechanisms and consequences of plant-to-plant mitochondrial HGT in general, as well as the limited evidence for HGT in plant chloroplast and nuclear genomes. IS - 1 JF - Journal of experimental botany SN - 0022-0957 AD - Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. EP - 9 TI - Horizontal gene transfer in plants. VL - 58 SP - 1 KW - general_interest KW - horizontal_gene_transfer AU - Richardson, AO AU - Palmer, JD PY - 2007/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17030541 ER -