Cockroach Genomes Spotlight Common Cross-Species Gene Transfers
TL;DR
A comprehensive analysis of cockroach genomes reveals thousands of bacterial DNA insertions from endosymbionts like Blattabacterium, indicating that horizontal gene transfer is common in multicellular animals and contributes to genome diversity, though most inserts are nonfunctional.
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