2011
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197761
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The Ecoresponsive Genome of Daphnia pulex

Abstract: We describe the draft genome of the microcrustacean Daphnia pulex, which is only 200 Mb and contains at least 30,907 genes. The high gene count is a consequence of an elevated rate of gene duplication resulting in tandem gene clusters. More than 1/3 of Daphnia’s genes have no detectable homologs in any other available proteome, and the most amplified gene families are specific to the Daphnia lineage. The co-expansion of gene families interacting within metabolic pathways suggests that the maintenance of duplic… Show more

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“…Daphnia magna (water flea; CladoceraCrustacea) (Figure 1) is a model organism widely advocated and employed in international standards and protocols for shortterm (acute) and long-term (chronic) exposure studies for determining substance toxicity, as well as a more general model for studies of genomic, ecological and evolutionary responses (Colbourne et al, 2011). Daphnia magna feeds on suspended particles of organic material such as unicellular algae, bacteria, yeast, and particulate biomass such as detritus, and plays critical roles as both consumer and prey in lentic systems (Lampert, 2006).…”
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“…Daphnia magna (water flea; CladoceraCrustacea) (Figure 1) is a model organism widely advocated and employed in international standards and protocols for shortterm (acute) and long-term (chronic) exposure studies for determining substance toxicity, as well as a more general model for studies of genomic, ecological and evolutionary responses (Colbourne et al, 2011). Daphnia magna feeds on suspended particles of organic material such as unicellular algae, bacteria, yeast, and particulate biomass such as detritus, and plays critical roles as both consumer and prey in lentic systems (Lampert, 2006).…”
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“…The cytochromes P450 enzymes of aquatic crustaceans responsible for detoxification differed from those of fish (Koenig et al, 2012), indicating differences between invertebrates and vertebrates. The recent genome sequencing of vertebrates (Margulies and Birney, 2008) and invertebrates, including freshwater (Colbourne et al, 2011) and terrestrial (Adams et al, 2000;Whiteman et al, 2011) species has yielded new insights about the evolution of drug metabolizing enzymes (Asselman et al, 2012). For example, the cytochromes P450 (CYPs) appear to have undergone repeated duplications, resulting in multiple gene copies for similar enzymes (Hu et al, 2008).…”
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“…The functions and specific processes of the identified proteins were matched by searching Gene Ontology (www.geneontology.org). Metabolic pathways were identified by using KEGG PATHWAY (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html) using the method described by Colbourne et al [24].…”
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confidence: 99%