A Big Problem for Common Descent: Hundreds of "Active 'Foreign' Genes" Don't Fit the Standard Evolutionary Phylogeny

A new paper in Genome Biology, "Expression of multiple horizontally acquired genes is a hallmark of both vertebrate and invertebrate genomes," reports the discovery of many genes that do not fit the standard evolutionary phylogeny. Science Daily states:

Many animals, including humans, acquired essential 'foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to research published in the open access journal Genome Biology. The study challenges conventional...