Horizontal transfer and gene loss shaped the evolution of alpha-amylases in bilaterians
A. Desiderato, M. Barbeitos, C. Gilbert, J.-L. Da Lage
The paper surveys GH13_1 alpha-amylase sequences across bilaterian and non-bilaterian species, finding their presence in some bilaterians and suggesting horizontal transfer or retention of an ancestral gene.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2019Evolutionary Biology