Utilising nuclear encoded plastid DNA to identify donors of grass-to-grass lateral gene transfer
Noah G Bourne, Layla Payne, Sophie Manzi, Guillaume Besnard, Maria Sergeevna Vorontsova, Richard William Jobson, Guillaume Chomicki, Luke T. Dunning
This study identifies donor species of grass-to-grass lateral gene transfer using nuclear-encoded plastid DNA, finding two lateral acquisitions from specific lineages.
bioRxiv · Aug 29, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology