Massive gene presence/absence variation in the mussel genome as an adaptive strategy: first evidence of a pan-genome in Metazoa
Marco Gerdol, Rebeca Moreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido, Anna V Vlasova, Umberto Rosani, Paola Venier, Miguel A. Naranjo-Ortíz, Maria Murgarella, Pablo Balseiro, André Corvelo, Leonor Frías, Marta Gut, Toni Gabaldón, Alberto Pallavicini, , Antonio J. Figueras
The paper identifies a pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel with 25% of genes subject to presence/absence variation, suggesting an adaptive strategy for resilience and invasiveness.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2019 · PreprintGenetics