The new study, published Friday in the journal Science, was part of an effort to verify a claim made earlier by researchers that 113 to 233 genes in the human genome came from bacteria through a process known as " lateral transfer ."
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Dr . W . Ford Doolittle, an expert on bacterial evolution at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said the lateral transfer of bacterial genes into the human genome was possible in principle but the consortium's method of trying to prove it was " awfully incautious ."
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At this time, EMR-qualified staff are only permitted to work in remote and rural stations and must upgrade to PCP if they wish to further their career with the BCAS, including lateral transfers to an Urban or Metro-designated station on a part-time basis or application for a full-time posting.
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"The fact that there's been lateral transfer of genetic information from bacteria to vertebrates suggests that the architecture of our genome is not sacrosanct or static, but extraordinarily fluid and dynamic, " said Dr . Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, a member of the international consortium.
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In Mid-2006, Mayor Thomas M . Menino organized a forced merger of the Boston Police and the Boston Municipal police ( which was really not a " merger " in the true sense of the word; the so-called " merger " was actually an opportunity granted to the Boston Municipal patrol officers to apply to the Boston Police Department as lateral transfers, although employment was not a guarantee ).
