The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 544; no. 7649; pp. 231 - 234
• Main Authors: Hall, Michael R., Kocot, Kevin M., Baughman, Kenneth W., Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Gauthier, Marie E. A., Hatleberg, William L., Krishnan, Arunkumar, McDougall, Carmel, Motti, Cherie A., Shoguchi, Eiichi, Wang, Tianfang, Xiang, Xueyan, Zhao, Min, Bose, Utpal, Shinzato, Chuya, Hisata, Kanako, Fujie, Manabu, Kanda, Miyuki, Cummins, Scott F., Satoh, Noriyuki, Degnan, Sandie M., Degnan, Bernard M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.04.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 38/39; 45/91; 631/158/2452; 631/208/212/2303; 82/58; 82/81; Animals; Anthozoa - parasitology; Australia; Biological control; Biological pest control; Biomimetics; Chemical plumes; Communication; Control; Coral Reefs; Crown-of-thorns starfish; Environmental aspects; Female; Genes; Genome - genetics; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indian Ocean; Japan; letter; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Methods; multidisciplinary; Nerve Tissue Proteins - chemistry; Nerve Tissue Proteins - secretion; Outbreaks; Pacific Ocean; Peptides; Pest Control, Biological; Plumes; Protection and preservation; Proteins; Proteome - analysis; Proteome - secretion; Science; Seawater; Sex Factors; Species Specificity; Starfish - anatomy & histology; Starfish - chemistry; Starfish - enzymology; Starfish - genetics; Transcriptome

Genome sequencing and proteomic analyses of the crown-of-thorns starfish identify species-specific secreted factors that are associated with aggregating starfish and might be useful for biocontrol strategies. Sequencing a crown of thorns Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are a predator of reef-buildin...