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Evolution isn't linear. (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How is horizontal gene transfer between microbes in any way relevant to a discussion about the ancestry of chickens that only reaches back to the dinosauria clade? Chickens are invariably a sub-group of the bigger group dinosaurs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Not just microbes. HGT has been observed in carnivorous plants as well. It could be much more prevalent than we think.