The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Having conquered water surfaces worldwide, the semi-aquatic bugs occupy ponds, streams, lakes, mangroves, and even open oceans. The diversity of this group has inspired a range of scientific studies from ecology and evolution to developmental genetics and hydrodynamics of fluid locomotion. However, the lack of a representative water strider genome hinders our ability to more thoroughly investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the processes of adaptation and diversification within this group.

Results

Here we report the sequencing and manual annotation of the Gerris buenoi (G. buenoi) genome; the first water strider genome to be sequenced thus far. The size of the G. buenoi genome is approximately 1,000 Mb, and this sequencing effort has recovered 20,949 pred

SUBMITTER: Armisen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249893 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature