Horizontal transfer of microbial toxin genes to gall midge genomes
K. I. Verster, R. L. Tarnopol, S. M. Akalu, N. K. Whiteman
The paper reports horizontal transfer of microbial toxin genes to gall midge genomes, identifying multiple toxin genes with eukaryotic targets and environmental proximity as a driver of HGT.
bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2021Evolutionary Biology