Prokaryotic diversity, electrified DNA, lightning waveforms, abiotic gene transfer, and the Drake equation: Assessing the hypothesis of lightning-driven evolution

Prokaryotic diversity, electrified DNA, lightning waveforms, abiotic gene transfer, and the Drake equation: Assessing the hypothesis of lightning-driven evolution

In a review article in this journal [1], I discussed the feasibility of lightning-triggered electroporation and electrofusion acting as purely (bio)physical mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer and thus contributing to biological evolution, particularly among the prokaryotes. I would like to thank...

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Published in:Physics of life reviews Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 384 - 388
Main Author: Kotnik, Tadej
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-09-2013
Subjects:
Animals
Drake equation
Electroporation
Electrotransformation
Evolution
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Horizontal gene transfer
Humans
Lightning
Lightnings
Lightnings
Evolution
Drake equation
Electrotransformation
Horizontal gene transfer
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Summary:In a review article in this journal [1], I discussed the feasibility of lightning-triggered electroporation and electrofusion acting as purely (bio)physical mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer and thus contributing to biological evolution, particularly among the prokaryotes. I would like to thank the authors of all commentaries on this article [2-6], and here I try to address the most important issues raised in them.
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ISSN:1571-0645
1873-1457
DOI:10.1016/j.plrev.2013.07.027