Transposable elements (TE s) play an important role in the responsive capacity of their hosts
in the face of environmental challenges. The variety of mechanisms by which TE s influence …

Transposons are DNA sequences capable of moving in genomes. Early evidence showed
their accumulation in many species and suggested their continued activity in at least isolated …

Horizontal transfer is the passage of genetic material between genomes by means other
than parent-to-offspring inheritance. Although the transfer of genes is thought to be crucial in …

It is becoming clear that most eukaryotic transposable elements (TEs) owe their evolutionary
success in part to horizontal transfer events, which enable them to invade new species …

Horizontal transfer of transposable elements (HTT) is an important process sha**
eukaryote genomes, yet very few studies have quantified this phenomenon on a large scale …

Horizontal transfer (HT), or the passage of genetic material between non-mating species, is
increasingly recognized as an important force in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes …

Background Many plant-pathogenic fungi have a tendency towards genome size expansion,
mostly driven by increasing content of transposable elements (TEs). Through comparative …

Transposable elements (TEs) were first discovered more than 50 years ago, but were totally
ignored for a long time. Over the last few decades they have gradually attracted increasing …

Studies of the population dynamics of transposable elements (TEs) in Drosophila
melanogaster indicate that consistent forces are affecting TEs independently of their modes …

Highlights•Horizontal transfer of genetic material (especially transposable elements)
between eukaryotes is more frequent than previously thought.•Host-to-virus horizontal …