[Taxacom] Surprise from a whole-genome study

[Bob Mesibov]

See

Moran NA, & Jarvik T (2010). Lateral transfer of genes from fungi underlies carotenoid production in aphids. Science (New York, N.Y.), 328 (5978), 624-7 PMID: 20431015

(featured in the excellent ASM blog 'Small Things Considered')

Nearly as exciting as the finding that photosynthesis in at least one nudibranch is operated by genes in the algal symbionts *and* the host nudibranch, thanks to HGT.
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Dr Robert Mesibov
Honorary Research Associate
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, and
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
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