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Gene transfer in complex cells

A comparative genomic study shows that, during evolution, nucleus-containing cells acquired DNA from bacteria primarily by endosymbiosis — the uptake and integration of one cell by another. See Article p.427

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Figure 1: Acquiring foreign DNA.

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Archibald, J. Gene transfer in complex cells. Nature 524, 423–424 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15205

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