Fig. 2.
Comparative gernomics approach used to test for the presence of alga-derived genes (i.e., HGT candidates) in the germ line of Elysia chlorotica. (A) Algal transcriptome generated in this study. (B) Sea slug egg genomic data generated in this study. (C) Cummulative library of HGT candidates from past studies. Results of the various comparisons are illustrated and listed in detail in the indicated supplementary tables, Supplementary Material online. No algal or photosynthetic genes were detected in any of the queries performed with the E. chlorotica genomic reads.
