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Käthe Weit

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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The fate of horizontally acquired genes: rapid initial turnover followed by long-term persistence

Swastik Mishra, Käthe Weit, Martin J. Lercher

The paper analyzes bacterial genomes to show that horizontally acquired genes are mostly lost quickly but some persist long-term, often involved in transport and metabolism.

Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology