Evolutionary BiologyGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Horizontal transfer of a LINE-RTE retrotransposon among parasite, host, prey and environment.
Toby Brann, Fernanda Souza de Oliveira, Andrés Iriarte, Anna Victoria Protasio
The paper identifies two retrotransposons in Schistosoma mansoni and shows they are horizontally transferred to intermediate hosts and other unrelated organisms.