Weilong Hao

The fate of laterally transferred genes: Life in the fast lane to adaptation or death

Weilong Hao, G. Brian Golding · Genome Research · 2006 · 181 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

Horizontal acquisition of multiple mitochondrial genes from a parasitic plant followed by gene conversion with host mitochondrial genes

Jeffrey P. Mower, Saša Stefanović, Weilong Hao et al. · BMC Biology · 2010 · 175 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +11

Novel genetic code and record-setting AT-richness in the highly reduced plastid genome of the holoparasitic plant <i>Balanophora</i>

H. J. Su, Todd J. Barkman, Weilong Hao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 121 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +17

Gorgeous mosaic of mitochondrial genes created by horizontal transfer and gene conversion

Weilong Hao, Aaron O. Richardson, Yihong Zheng et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 120 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15

Strand-biased cytosine deamination at the replication fork causes cytosine to thymine mutations in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Ashok S. Bhagwat, Weilong Hao, Jesse P. Townes et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 103 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +9