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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, View ORCID ProfileDavid N. Messina, Jarret Glasscock, and Bob Goldstein
PNAS first published November 23, 2015; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510461112
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  1. Edited by W. Ford Doolittle, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, and approved September 28, 2015 (received for review May 28, 2015)

This article has a Correction and Letters. Please see:

  • Genome of a tardigrade: Horizontal gene transfer or bacterial contamination? - May 12, 2016
  • No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade - May 12, 2016
  • Correction for Boothby et al., Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade - August 22, 2016

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Extensive horizontal gene transfer in 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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