Moontanman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Microbes shed blobs of DNA into the worlds oceans, this could shed light on how DNA is swapped between microbes... http://www.livescience.com/42452-ocean-bacterial-buds.html?cmpid=556100 Edited January 10, 2014 by Moontanman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Might it also benefit those researching the existence of microbial dna within the organelles of eukaryotic cells? I know there is a symbiotic origin as explanation - but the symbiosis mechanism is more easily explained if microorganism are shown to seek alternative ways of spreading DNA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I am not sure whether I understand the connection. Spreading of DNA horizontally is often driven by specific mobile elements but I do not quite get the jump from that to symbiotic interaction. In the case of mitochondria it is quite well established that there has been an extensive transfer of mitochondrial genes to the nuclear genome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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