Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade

Thomas C. Boothby, Jennifer R. Tenlen, Frank W. Smith, Jeremy R. Wang, Kiera A. Patanella, Erin Osborne Nishimura, Sophia C. Tintori, Qing Li, Corbin D. Jones, Mark Yandell, David N. Messina, Jarret Glasscock, Bob Goldstein

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15976-15981
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume112
Issue number52
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 29 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General

Keywords

  • Genome
  • Horizontal gene transfer
  • Lateral gene transfer
  • Stress tolerance
  • Tardigrade

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