Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution

Part I: LGT-Driven Metabolic Innovations and Adaptations. - Lateral Gene Transfer and the Synthesis of Thymidine. - Lateral Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Photosynthesis in Eukaryotes. - On the Eco-evolutionary Relationships of Fresh and Salt Water Bacteria and the Role of Gene Transfer in their Adaptation. - Mobilized Integrons: Team Players In The Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes. - Plasmids of the bovine Rumen. - Part II: The Integration of New Genes into Existing Networks. - Lateral Gene Transfer and Cellular Networks. - The Complexity Hypothesis and Other Connectivity Barriers to Lateral Gene Transfer. - How Codon Usage Shapes Gene Transfer and Vice Versa. - Part III: Inter-domain Gender Transfer. - Lateral Gene Transfer in Animals. - Gene Transfer and the Chimeric Nature of Eukaryotic Genomes. - Gene transfer from Eukaryotes to Legionella. - Application of a new Mapping Algorithm to Reevaluate Evidence of Interdomain Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Genome of Thermotoga Maritime. - Part IV: LGT, Speciation and the Tree/Web of Life. - Gradual Speciation and its Implications for the Tree of Life. - Biased Gene Transfer Contributes to Maintaining the Tree of Life. - Speciation in the Shadow of Recombination and Lateral Gene Transfer. - Index.