Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "horizontal gene transfer"
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Gene Transfer from a Parasitic Flowering Plant to a Fern
(Royal Society of London, 2011)The rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.) is obligately mycotrophic and widely distributed across the northern hemisphere. Three mitochondrial gene regions place this species with other ferns in Ophioglossaceae, ... -
Microbial Communities of Lycaenid Butterflies Do Not Correlate with Larval Diet
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2016)Herbivores possess many counteradaptations to plant defenses, and a growing body of research describes the role of symbiotic gut bacteria in mediating herbivorous diets among insects. However, persistent bacterial symbioses ...