Bdelloid rotifers deploy horizontally acquired biosynthetic genes against a fungal pathogen

RW Nowell, F Rodriguez, BJ Hecox-Lea… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coevolutionary antagonism generates relentless selection that can favour genetic
exchange, including transfer of antibiotic synthesis and resistance genes among bacteria …

Comparative transcriptomics reveal a novel tardigrade-specific DNA-binding protein induced in response to ionizing radiation

M Anoud, E Delagoutte, Q Helleu, A Brion… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Tardigrades are microscopic animals renowned for their ability to withstand extreme
conditions, including high doses of ionizing radiation (IR). To better understand their radio …

Overcoming uncollapsed haplotypes in long-read assemblies of non-model organisms

N Guiglielmoni, A Houtain, A Derzelle… - BMC …, 2021 - Springer
Background Long-read sequencing is revolutionizing genome assembly: as PacBio and
Nanopore technologies become more accessible in technicity and in cost, long-read …

Ionizing radiation responses appear incidental to desiccation responses in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

VC Moris, L Bruneau, J Berthe, AC Heuskin… - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Background The remarkable resistance to ionizing radiation found in anhydrobiotic
organisms, such as some bacteria, tardigrades, and bdelloid rotifers has been hypothesized …

In-depth study of MPV17: a molecular travel unveiling a mitochondrial calcium regulation function

S Meurant, I Amato, L Mauclet, M Dieu, A Chevrollier… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes are severe genetic disorders associated with
mutations in a variety of genes including MPV17, encoding a protein of the inner …

Transgenerational chromosome repair in the asexual bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

A Houtain, A Derzelle, M Llirós, B Hespeels, É Nicolas… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Homologous recombination plays a fundamental role in the evolution of organisms. It serves
as a DNA repair mechanism which, in sexual organisms, contributes to genetic diversity …

Recombination in bdelloid rotifer genomes: asexuality, transfer and stress

CG Wilson, T Pieszko, RW Nowell, TG Barraclough - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Bdelloid rotifers constitute a class of microscopic animals living in freshwater habitats
worldwide. Several strange features of bdelloids have drawn attention: their ability to tolerate …