Re: News: And the first animal on Earth was a...

In article <ftqu60$k7r$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Lorentz wrote:
One possible source of error they may not have considered is
hybridization. Maybe they ctenophores didn't branch off. Maybe the
first ctenophore was a hybrid between a sponge-like creature (no
nerves) and a cnidarian like creature (with nerves). Or maybe a
lateral gene transfer added some sponge DNA to a jellyfish.

Has "lateral gene transfer" been demonstrated to occur for any
Eukaryotes? Certainly it has for Bacteria and Archaebacteria, but
Eukaryotes ? I'm not so sure.

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Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:28 +0100, but posted later.
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