The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water
David Armisén, Rajendhran Rajakumar, Markus Friedrich, Joshua B. Benoit, Hugh M. Robertson, Kristen A. Panfilio, Seung‐Joon Ahn, Monica F. Poelchau, Hsu Chao, Huyen Dinh, HarshaVardhan Doddapaneni, Shannon Dugan, Richard A. Gibbs, Daniel Hughes, Yi Han, , Abderrahman Khila
The paper reports the sequencing and manual annotation of the Gerris buenoi genome, identifying gene expansions linked to adaptations for aquatic life.
BMC Genomics · Nov 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics