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

In article <fv7inr$2g6d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Aidan Karley <name1_name2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <ftqu60$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?

Happens all the time. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15761667

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