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Horizontal gene transfer from frogs to snakes via parasites?

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So everyone now accepts that non-Darwinian evolution is no longer a thing?:

Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 million years

Many snakes make meals of frogs, but some appear to be transferring their DNA into the amphibians as well. A genetic analysis suggests that parasites shared between snakes and frogs may facilitate the movement of genetic material from one species to another.

Jake Buehler, “Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites” at New Scientist (April 26, 2022)

This destroys all those heavily constricted Darwin stories about species’ evolution.

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Horizontal gene transfer: Sorry, Darwin, it’s not your evolution any more.