2005
Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution
Gogarten JP, Townsend JP. Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2005, 3: 679-687. PMID: 16138096, DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1204.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHorizontal gene transferHGT eventsImportance of HGTLife historyConcatenation of genesGene transferTypes of genesGroups of organismsGene historiesReticulation eventsPhylogenetic signalTaxonomic samplingMicrobial evolutionSelective sweepsGenome innovationPhylogenetic reconstructionEvolutionary biologyProkaryotic genomesSuch genesMicrobial communitiesPhylogenetic analysisGene swappingHorizontal transferTaxonomic classificationGenes
2004
Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer
Nielsen KM, Townsend JP. Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer. Nature Biotechnology 2004, 22: 1110-1114. PMID: 15340481, DOI: 10.1038/nbt1006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHorizontal gene transfer eventsPopulation genetic approachesGene transfer eventsStrength of selectionHorizontal gene transferPopulation genetic modelsWild-type bacteriaLarge bacterial populationsHGT hypothesisBacterial generation timesHGT eventsTransgenic plantsGenetic approachesBacterial communitiesBacterial transformantsBacterial populationsPopulation sizeCurrent monitoring effortsGene transferTransfer eventsYears of growthGeneration timeGenetic modelsBacteriaTime of sampling