A cikin magani, wannan yana ba da gudummawa ga yaduwar maganin rigakafi, kamar yadda lokacin da kwayar cuta ta sami kwayoyin juriya za ta iya saurin canja su zuwa wasu nau'in. Canja wurin kwayoyin halitta daga kwayoyin zuwa eukaryotes kamar su yisti Saccharomyces cerevisiae da adzuki bean weevil Callosobruchus chinensis ya faru. Misalin manyan hanyoyin canja wuri shine eukaryotic bdelloid rotifers, waɗanda suka karbi nau'ikan kwayoyin halitta daga kwayoyin cuta, kwayoyin cuta da tsire-tsire. Fungi kuma na iya ɗaukar DNA tsakanin kwayoyin halitta, suna ba da damar canja wurin kwayoyin halitta ko da a tsakanin yankuna.
daga canja wurin kwayoyin halitta tsakanin kwayoyin cuta da archaea