Experimental Determination of Evolutionary Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer
H. Acar Kirit, M. Lagator, J. P. Bollback
The paper experimentally measures fitness effects of horizontal gene transfer between Salmonella and E. coli, finding that dosage sensitivity, gene length, and protein disorder are key barriers, not previously identified gene function or interaction counts.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2019Microbiology