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> The bacterial lateral > gene transfer as code transferring on the horizontal between species and > genres which breaks any limited notion of teleology assigning life to an > always hoped for new human god as the god of procreation in a flower > pot, still. Did you know that bacteria swap genes with humans in human tummies? But what makes genes? Answer: the virus did it. And do you still think heterosexuals make babies? Here is what scientists have to say. Best wishes, Chris Jones. Analysis of the rough draft of the human genome led to the suggestion recently that 223 bacterial genes have been laterally transferred into the human genome sometime during vertebrate evolution. Such a possibility is of interest because it implies that bacterial infections have led to permanent transfer of genes into their hosts. One possible implication is that bacteria might be manipulating the human genome for their own benefit and that this process may be continuing. Cited from: Microbial Genes in the Human Genome: Lateral Transfer or Gene Loss?Steven L. Salzberg, Owen White, Jeremy Peterson, Jonathan A. Eisen [...] an alternative possibility that we had published (1), namely, that viral colonization of host genomes can account for apparent lateral transfer between distantly related organisms. This idea suggests that viruses can originate genes, then colonize either prokaryotes or eukaryotes to give the appearance of lateral gene transfer. In prokaryotes, it is becoming increasingly clear that most genomic differences between groups are due to infectious events involving acquisition of new gene sets. Because viruses (especially largDNA viruses) can persistently infect host prokaryotic and lower eukaryotic genomes and because they have an enormous capacity for creation of genetic novelty througrecombination, viruses can explore more sequence space and at a more rapid rate than their cellular hosts. Cited from: Lateral Gene Transfer or Viral Colonization? Victor DeFilippis, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University andLuis P. Villarreal, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Director, Center for Virus Research,University of California,Irvine.