Horizontal evolution
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
The phrase horizontal evolution is used in evolutionary biology to refer to:
- Concerted evolution, whereby individual members of a DNA family within one species are more closely related to each other than to members of the same type of DNA family in other species;[1]
- Horizontal gene transfer, where genes are transferred from one organism to another by means other than genes received from an ancestor[2]
It is sometimes used by creationists as a synonym for
- Microevolution, development of genetic changes below the speciation threshold [3]
References
- ↑ EG: "Primary sequence of baboon CR1 demonstrates concerted evolution within the CR1 gene", Clemenza et al. doi:10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00040-0
- ↑ EG: "Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases—Analysis of Unique Domain Architectures and Phylogenetic Trees Reveals a Complex History of Horizontal Gene Transfer Events", Wolf et al. doi:10.1101/gr.9.8.689
- ↑ EG: "The Microwave of Evolution", Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Research
