Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vertebrates
Incredible that it happens this way, the parasite/virus transfer method falls in line with a virus spreading successfully by a mutualism approach in my opinion.
DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often. | Quanta Magazine
The discovery of a gene shared by two unrelated species of fish is the latest evidence that horizontal gene transfers occur surprisingly often in vertebrates.
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