Origins of major archaeal clades do not correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria
Mathieu Groussin, Bastien Boussau, Gergely Szöllősi, Laura Eme, Manolo Gouy, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Vincent Daubin
The paper reanalyzes data from Nelson-Sathi et al. to show that gene acquisitions in archaea do not correspond to major clade origins, challenging the hypothesis of bacterial HGT-driven diversification.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Feb 1, 2016Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology