Sentence examples for lateral transfer from inspiring English sources
noun
The movement of an employee from his/her current post to a different position without noticeable benefits.
But the consortium asserted that some of these genes were likely to have been acquired by lateral transfer.
Lateral transfer is neither blending.
The only constraints on lateral transfer are functionality and purpose.
Again, the "Dragin" traps comprise this lateral transfer.
Related sites A brief explanation of lateral transfer Doolittle's site Moran's site General information about bacteria.
Therefore, if the decision is between lateral transfer and convergence, lateral transfer will be default as long as further evidence for convergence is lacking.
Likewise, the lateral transfer of parts between artifacts differs from horizontal transmission.
Lateral transfer of information makes diagrams of artifactual history messy (Fig. 12).
The principle of parsimony suggests to assume as few instances of lateral transfer as possible.
The likely root at c yields a branching phylogeny, which includes a lateral transfer (c→a).
For full explication, see text Fig. 12 Lateral transfer muddies phylogeny in material cultural evolution.
