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The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, September 2012
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7 news outlets
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6 blogs
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101 X users
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10 Wikipedia pages
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3 Google+ users
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Title
The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation
Published in
Nature, September 2012
DOI 10.1038/nature11413
Pubmed ID
Authors

Guofan Zhang, Xiaodong Fang, Ximing Guo, Li Li, Ruibang Luo, Fei Xu, Pengcheng Yang, Linlin Zhang, Xiaotong Wang, Haigang Qi, Zhiqiang Xiong, Huayong Que, Yinlong Xie, Peter W. H. Holland, Jordi Paps, Yabing Zhu, Fucun Wu, Yuanxin Chen, Jiafeng Wang, Chunfang Peng, Jie Meng, Lan Yang, Jun Liu, Bo Wen, Na Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, Qihui Zhu, Yue Feng, Andrew Mount, Dennis Hedgecock, Zhe Xu, Yunjie Liu, Tomislav Domazet-Lošo, Yishuai Du, Xiaoqing Sun, Shoudu Zhang, Binghang Liu, Peizhou Cheng, Xuanting Jiang, Juan Li, Dingding Fan, Wei Wang, Wenjing Fu, Tong Wang, Bo Wang, Jibiao Zhang, Zhiyu Peng, Yingxiang Li, Na Li, Jinpeng Wang, Maoshan Chen, Yan He, Fengji Tan, Xiaorui Song, Qiumei Zheng, Ronglian Huang, Hailong Yang, Xuedi Du, Li Chen, Mei Yang, Patrick M. Gaffney, Shan Wang, Longhai Luo, Zhicai She, Yao Ming, Wen Huang, Shu Zhang, Baoyu Huang, Yong Zhang, Tao Qu, Peixiang Ni, Guoying Miao, Junyi Wang, Qiang Wang, Christian E. W. Steinberg, Haiyan Wang, Ning Li, Lumin Qian, Guojie Zhang, Yingrui Li, Huanming Yang, Xiao Liu, Jian Wang, Ye Yin, Jun Wang

Abstract

The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas belongs to one of the most species-rich but genomically poorly explored phyla, the Mollusca. Here we report the sequencing and assembly of the oyster genome using short reads and a fosmid-pooling strategy, along with transcriptomes of development and stress response and the proteome of the shell. The oyster genome is highly polymorphic and rich in repetitive sequences, with some transposable elements still actively shaping variation. Transcriptome studies reveal an extensive set of genes responding to environmental stress. The expansion of genes coding for heat shock protein 70 and inhibitors of apoptosis is probably central to the oyster's adaptation to sessile life in the highly stressful intertidal zone. Our analyses also show that shell formation in molluscs is more complex than currently understood and involves extensive participation of cells and their exosomes. The oyster genome sequence fills a void in our understanding of the Lophotrochozoa.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 19 1%
Brazil 9 <1%
China 5 <1%
Canada 5 <1%
United Kingdom 5 <1%
Germany 4 <1%
Japan 4 <1%
Mexico 4 <1%
South Africa 2 <1%
Other 25 2%
Unknown 1245 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 290 22%
Researcher 268 20%
Student > Master 184 14%
Student > Bachelor 104 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 66 5%
Other 241 18%
Unknown 174 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 669 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 209 16%
Environmental Science 75 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 23 2%
Computer Science 21 2%
Other 115 9%
Unknown 215 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 176. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 November 2023.
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#228,277
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Outputs from Nature
#13,271
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Outputs of similar age
#1,085
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Outputs of similar age from Nature
#139
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