Horizontal gene transfer (HGT)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Classical And Molecular Genetics subtree

Acquisition of genetic material between non-parent-offspring organisms (conjugation, transformation, transduction in prokaryotes; endogenous retroviruses, hybridisation in eukaryotes).

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Gene
Bacterial conjugation
Bacterial transformation
Gene tree vs species tree

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