Sentence examples for be explained by horizontal from inspiring English sources

The acquisition of these and several other genes could only be explained by horizontal gene transfer.

Even THI-elements in the archeal Thermoplasma species could be explained by horizontal gene transfer from the Eubacteria.

At least some unusual aspects of this tree's the topology could be explained by horizontal transfer of operons between particular bacterial and archaeal lineages.

Alternatively, it can be explained by horizontal transfer of the ancestral het-C gene from epiphytic fungi followed by rapid divergence in bacteria.

2. By contrast, under the hypothesis of polyphyletic origin of viruses, the spread of the hallmark genes across the range of virus groups could be explained by horizontal gene transfer (HGT).

Alternatively, this variable genome region could be explained by horizontal gene transfer from another species, a hypothesis that is consistent with the observation that the AT content of HVR2 is anomalously high (79%).

The lack of strict association of virulent capsular types with clones was explained by horizontal transfer of the cps operon, responsible for the synthesis of the capsular polysaccharide.

For example, a phylogenetic study on ribosomal protein S14 revealed an unexpected tree topology that was explained by horizontal transfer [ 32].

This has been explained by horizontal gene transfer coupled to a systematic bias against incorporation of C into genomes, because of the way pyrimidine is constructed, in relation to the way deoxyribonucleotides are synthesized (Cohen, 1960; Nitschké et al., 1998; Noria & Danchin, 2002; Rocha & Danchin, 2002).

When coherent KH billows occurred (UAV4A), the differences between the various profiles of M2 derived from the three instruments can be explained by the horizontal inhomogeneity of the refractive index field due to the limited extent of the billows (the horizontal spacing between the billows was less than 1 km and therefore, smaller than the horizontal separation between the instruments).

This method is based on the fact that geomagnetic variations at the Earth's surface can be explained by a horizontal divergence-free current system at the ionospheric level.