Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Breaking the species barrier: recurrent genomic introgressions from very distant lineages in a ciliate
Florian Bénitière, Olivier Arnaiz, Simon Penel…·Laurent Duret
This study shows that ciliates can break species barriers through recurrent horizontal gene transfer from highly divergent lineages, resulting in viable offspring.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.20.707023