The origins of our ‘foreign’ genes
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to research… Read more »
Alastair studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before undertaking his DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford. He then returned to do an MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge, where he now studies the curious biology of the bdelloid rotifer and horizontal gene transfer in metazoans.
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- The origins of our ‘foreign’ genes - 13th March 2015