Xiaofang Xu

Oct 17, 2024 | mdpi.com | Heng Zhang |Min Zhang |Xin Zheng |Xiaofang Xu

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Apr 24, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Chaoran Li |Zhixiang Yang |Xiaofang Xu |Lingling Meng

DEGs differentially expressed genes HPL hours post laying PGCs primordial germ cells PS phylostrata TAI transcriptomic age index TPM transcript per million TSGs Tardigrade-specific genes WGCNA weighted gene co-expression network analysis 1 BACKGROUND Water bears, also known as tardigrades, are tiny invertebrates classified within the Tardigrada phylum.