Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Horizontal Transfers Lead to the Birth of Momilactone Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Grass
D. Wu, Y. Hu, S. Akashi…·L. Fan
This study shows that horizontal gene transfer created momilactone biosynthetic gene clusters in grasses, with subsequent gene recruitment and loss shaping their evolution.
DOI 10.1101/2022.01.11.475971