Genome of a tardigrade: Horizontal gene transfer or bacterial contamination?

Bemm, F; Weiß, CL; Schultz, J; Förster, F

doi:10.1073/pnas.1525116113

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Genome of a tardigrade: Horizontal gene transfer or bacterial contamination?

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Bemm, F
Department Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Weiß, CL
Department Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;
Research Group for Ancient Genomics and Evolution, Department Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Bemm, F., Weiß, C., Schultz, J., & Förster, F. (2016). Genome of a tardigrade: Horizontal gene transfer or bacterial contamination? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(22), E3054-E3056. doi:10.1073/pnas.1525116113.

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We have read the article “Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade” (1) with interest and were astonished by the high number of genes horizontally transferred into the tardigrade genome. Still, we were surprised by the reported genome size of >200 Mbp, which is in stark contrast to a previously published size of ∼78 Mbp determined by the same group (2).