Eighteen Coral Genomes Reveal the Evolutionary Origin of Acropora Strategies to Accommodate Environmental Changes

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 16 - 30
• Main Authors: Shinzato, Chuya, Khalturin, Konstantin, Inoue, Jun, Zayasu, Yuna, Kanda, Miyuki, Kawamitsu, Mayumi, Yoshioka, Yuki, Yamashita, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Go, Satoh, Noriyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Acropora; Adaptation, Biological; Air pollution; Algae; Animals; Anthozoa - genetics; Antimicrobial peptides; Biological Evolution; Climate Change; Coccoliths; Coral reefs; Coral reefs and islands; Corals; Cretaceous; Dimethyl sulfide; Discoveries; Environmental changes; Enzymes; Eocene; Evolution; Fossils; Gene duplication; Gene transfer; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genome; Genomes; Genomics; Greenhouse gases; Horizontal transfer; Marine ecosystems; Marine environment; Peptides; Positive selection; Sea ice; Sea-water; Seawater; Symbionts; Symbiosis; Water temperature; Whole genome sequencing; Japan; genome sequencing; environment; gene duplicatoin; scleractinian corals

The genus Acropora comprises the most diverse and abundant scleractinian corals (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) in coral reefs, the most diverse marine ecosystems on Earth. However, the genetic basis for the success and wide distribution of Acropora are unknown. Here, we sequenced complete genomes of 15 Acropo...