@article{fdi:010061986,
  title = {{W}idespread and frequent horizontal transfers of transposable elements in plants},
  author = {{E}l {B}aidouri, {M}. and {C}arpentier, {M}. {C}. and {C}ooke, {R}. and {G}ao, {D}. {Y}. and {L}asserre, {E}. and {L}lauro, {C}. and {M}irouze, {M}arie and {P}icault, {N}. and {J}ackson, {S}. {A}. and {P}anaud, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{V}ertical, transgenerational transmission of genetic material occurs through reproduction of living organisms. {I}n addition to vertical inheritance, horizontal gene transfer between reproductively isolated species has recently been shown to be an important, if not dominant, mechanism in the evolution of prokaryotic genomes. {I}n contrast, only a few horizontal transfer ({HT}) events have been characterized so far in eukaryotes and mainly concern transposable elements ({TE}s). {W}hether these are frequent and have a significant impact on genome evolution remains largely unknown. {W}e performed a computational search for highly conserved {LTR} retrotransposons among 40 sequenced eukaryotic genomes representing the major plant families. {W}e found that 26 genomes (65%) harbor at least one case of horizontal {TE} transfer ({HTT}). {T}hese transfers concern species as distantly related as palm and grapevine, tomato and bean, or poplar and peach. {I}n total, we identified 32 cases of {HTT}s, which could translate into more than 2 million among the 13,551 monocot and dicot genera. {M}oreover, we show that these {TE}s have remained functional after their transfer, occasionally causing a transpositional burst. {T}his suggests that plants can frequently exchange genetic material through horizontal transfers and that this mechanism may be important in {TE}-driven genome evolution.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}enome {R}esearch},
  volume = {24},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {831--838},
  ISSN = {1088-9051},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1101/gr.164400.113},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061986},
}