Horizontal transfer (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, January 03, 2013, 15:47 (4343 days ago)

The lowly tick may be the source of horizontal transfer of DNA in vertebrates. Bacteria do it all the time, as in antibiotic resistence:-http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/33829/title/DNA-Jumps-Between-Vertebrates/