finding this kind of lateral or horizontal gene transfer (HGT) wouldn’t have been so unbelievable. Almost 100 years earlier, researchers had first demonstrated that bacteria can pass one another ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

So, when DNA was proven to be the material responsible for controlling the operations inside a single cell, it became easier to understand how the process of cell division and the transfer of the ...

Almost all bacterial genomes show evidence of past LGT events, and the phenomenon is known to have profound effects on microbial biology. This DNA-sharing process, known as horizontal or lateral gene ...

Have you heard of “touch DNA?” This mundane, yet menacing phenomenon exposes the double-edged sword of forensic science. With just an innocent handshake, an indirect transfer of epithelial ...

Southern transfer and hybridization 1 is used to study how genes are organized within genomes by mapping restriction sites in and around segments of genomic DNA. This protocol describes the first ...

Existing gene-editing technologies have led to significant advances in both medicine and food production. However, momentum appears to be slowing, particularly in health applications, as early ...

A less understood mechanism of mRNA transfer involves tubular structures that form when ... Using this experimental system, coupled with RNA imaging analysis and mouse-specific gene expression ...