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Tuğba N. Atalay

Dalhousie University

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 10, 2026

Lateral gene transfer introduced the microbial anaerobiosis-related gene rquA into early animals

Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Mara Vizitiu, Nikolaj Brask…·Courtney W. Stairs

This study shows that freshwater sponges acquired the microbial gene rquA via lateral gene transfer, enabling rhodoquinone biosynthesis and adaptation to hypoxia.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.08.717022

DNA methylationwhole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedAug 9, 2024

Extreme mitochondrial reduction in a novel group of free-living metamonads.

Shelby K. Williams, Jon Jerlström-Hultqvist, Yana Eglit…·Andrew J. Roger

The paper investigates mitochondrial reduction in free-living metamonads, finding extreme reduction in some species, including loss of mitochondrial functions and pathways.

24 citations

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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