Browsing by Author "Ni, Ting"
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Ancient gene transfer from algae to animals: Mechanisms and evolutionary significance
Ni, Ting; Yue, Jipei; Sun, Guiling; Zou, Yong; Wen, Jianfan; Huang, Jinling (2012)Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is traditionally considered to be rare in multicellular eukaryotes such as animals. Recently, many genes of miscellaneous algal origins were discovered in choanoflagellates. ...