Horizontal Gene Transfer – Meaning, Methods, Detection and Outcomes Horizontal gene transfer involves the movement of genetic material from one organism to another.

NPR's Scott Simon asks science writer David Quammen about horizontal gene transfer and how it changes how we think about humankind's place in the world. Quammen's new book is The Tangled Tree.

Horizontal Gene Transfer: A Force for Bacterial Speciation? Bacterial evolution is one of those topics usually sidelined to a footnote in introductory biology classes.

Horizontal Gene Transfer (or HGT) is the process of an organism acquiring another organism’s DNA, usually through absorbing the ‘target’ organism, resulting in an endosymbiotic relationship.

The reasoning here seems to be that the mere existence of horizontal gene transfer doesn't mean you can't make any reasonable inferences about the path a gene took on its way to a given species.

The contribution of horizontal gene transfer to evolution has been controversial since it was suggested to be a force driving evolution in the microbial world. In this paper, I review the current ...

By exploring this process known as “horizontal gene transfer,” scientists could learn more about how bacteria becomes resistant to medication.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) refers to the transfer of genes between organisms in a manner other than traditional reproduction. Also termed lateral gene transfer (LGT), it contrasts with ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks science writer David Quammen about horizontal gene transfer and how it changes how we think about humankind's place in the world. Quammen's new book is The Tangled Tree.