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

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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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