Fig. 5
From: Genetic exchange in eukaryotes through horizontal transfer: connected by the mobilome
Somatic TE invasion through HTT in eukaryotic organisms with few or no cell differentiation and asexual reproduction. a Organisms alternating sexual and asexual phases showing regenerative capacity - somatic TE invasion (# - green spot). Considering that new organisms can emerge by regeneration (asexual reproduction - As) or sexual reproduction (S), when gonads arise from the cell invaded by the TE, the descendants will bear the new horizontally transferred TE in their genome in different proportions. b In plants with cycles of sexual and asexual reproduction, a somatic TE invasion of a meristematic cell by horizontal transfer can give rise to descendants containing the TE insertion