Diversity in Expression Biases of Lineage-Specific Genes During Development and Anhydrobiosis Among Tardigrade Species.

ABSTRACT: Lineage-specific genes can contribute to the emergence and evolution of novel traits and adaptations. Tardigrades are animals that have adapted to tolerate extreme conditions by undergoing a form of cryptobiosis called anhydrobiosis, a physical transformation to an inactive desiccated state. While studies to understand the genetics underlying the interspecies diversity in anhydrobiotic transitions have identified tardigrade-specific genes and family expansions involved in this process, the contributions of species-specific genes to the variation in tardigrade development and cryptobiosis are less clear. We used previously published transcriptomes throughout development and anhydrobiosis (5 embryonic stages, 7 juvenile stages, active adults, and tun adults) to assess the transcriptional bia

SUBMITTER: Metivier JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791283 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature