Shuffling type of biological evolution based on horizontal gene transfer and the biosphere gene pool hypothesis

• Published in: BioSystems Vol. 193-194; p. 104131
• Main Authors: Mikhailovsky, George, Gordon, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Biological Evolution; Biosphere genes pool; Cambrian; DNA Shuffling - methods; Eukaryota - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Explosion; Gene Pool; Gene Transfer, Horizontal - genetics; Horizontal genes transfer; Prokaryotic Cells - physiology; Horizontal genes transfer; Cambrian; Explosion; Biosphere genes pool; Biological evolution

Widespread horizontal gene transfer (HGT) may appear a significant factor that accelerates biological evolution. Here we look at HGT primarily from the point of view of prokaryote clones, which we take as the descendants of a single cell, all of whom have exactly the same nucleotide sequence. Any no...