Azooxanthellate Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Genomes Reveal Toxin-related Gene Clusters and Loss of Neuronal Genes in Hexacorals

• Published in: Genome biology and evolution Vol. 16; no. 9
• Main Authors: Yoshioka, Yuki, Yamashita, Hiroshi, Uchida, Taiga, Shinzato, Chuya, Kawamitsu, Mayumi, Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs, Castelló, Guillermo Mironenko, Fiedler, Britta Katharina, van den Eeckhout, Timotheus Maximilian, Borghi, Stefano, Reimer, James Davis, Shoguchi, Eiichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 03.09.2024
• Subjects: Animals; Anthozoa; Anthozoa - genetics; Cnidaria; Comparative analysis; Coral reefs; Corals; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary conservation; Evolutionary genetics; Gene clusters; Gene families; Genes; Genome; Genomes; Genomic analysis; Multigene Family; Neurons - metabolism; Palythoa; Phylogeny; palytoxin; chitin degradation; gene loss; prostaglandin biosynthesis; Zoantharia genome; MEGF11

Abstract Zoantharia is an order among the Hexacorallia (Anthozoa: Cnidaria), and includes at least 300 species. Previously reported genomes from scleractinian corals and actiniarian sea anemones have illuminated part of the hexacorallian diversification. However, little is known about zoantharian ge...