TY - JOUR AU - Scholl, Elizabeth H. AU - Bird, David McK PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/22 TI - Computational and phylogenetic validation of nematode horizontal gene transfer JO - BMC Biology SP - 9 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Sequencing of expressed genes has shown that nematodes, particularly the plant-parasitic nematodes, have genes purportedly acquired from other kingdoms by horizontal gene transfer. The prevailing orthodoxy is that such transfer has been a driving force in the evolution of niche specificity, and a recent paper in BMC Evolutionary Biology that presents a detailed phylogenetic analysis of cellulase genes in the free-living nematode Pristionchus pacificus at the species, genus and family levels substantiates this hypothesis. SN - 1741-7007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-9-9 DO - 10.1186/1741-7007-9-9 ID - Scholl2011 ER -