horizontal gene transfer

collocation in English

meaningsofhorizontal,geneandtransfer

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horizontal
adjective
uk
/ˌhɒr.ɪˈzɒn.təl/us
/ˌhɔːr.ɪˈzɑːn.t̬əl/
parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk
/dʒiːn/us
/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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transfer
noun
uk
/ˈtræns.fɜːr/us
/ˈtræns.fɝː/
the movement of something or someone from one place, position, etc. ...
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(Definition ofhorizontal,geneandtransferfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They would presumably have integrated into existing fungi viahorizontalgenetransport to produce the newly virulent strains.
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Given this uncertainty, assessment of the potential harm that could result ifhorizontalgenetransfer were to occur for a specific transgene would be particularly important.
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They will not tell us anything about whether something is safe for human health and will tell us little abouthorizontalgenetransfer.
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He is one of the world's leading scientists and has studiedhorizontalgenetransfer and its risk implications.
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It is important that we are familiar with some of the implications and risks ofhorizontalgenetransfer, the extent of which we are only now beginning to understand.
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It has even been proposed that electroporation resulting from lightning strikes could be a mechanism of naturalhorizontalgenetransfer.
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While prokaryotic gene clusters are thought to form as a result ofhorizontalgenetransfer, this mechanism is highly unlikely in eukaryotes.
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Using single genes as phylogenetic markers, it is difficult to trace organismal phylogeny in the presence ofhorizontalgenetransfer.
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Horizontalgenetransfer is considered an isolated event when it occurs in eukaryotic organisms; however, horizontal gene transfer occurs frequently in prokaryotes.
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Toxin-antitoxin genes are often transferred throughhorizontalgenetransfer and are associated with pathogenic bacteria, having been found on plasmids conferring antibiotic resistance and virulence.
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This last instance is probably a case ofhorizontalgenetransfer.
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They are employed when reticulate events such as hybridization,horizontalgenetransfer, recombination, or gene duplication and loss are believed to be involved.
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This actually also happens, though very rarely in higher organisms (seehorizontalgenetransfer).
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Xenologs are homologs resulting fromhorizontalgenetransfer between two organisms.
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Gene transfer between species includes the formation of hybrid organisms andhorizontalgenetransfer.
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This suggests they arrived byhorizontalgenetransfer.
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Most thinking in genetics has focused on vertical transfer, but there is a growing awareness thathorizontalgenetransfer is a significant phenomenon.
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Operon-like gene clusters are primarily, but not exclusively, formed byhorizontalgenetransfer in prokaryotes.
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In order forhorizontalgenetransfer to occur, genes must be clustered.
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They have also been found in bacteria, where their presence is thought to be due tohorizontalgenetransfer.
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