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Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

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  • Chuya Shinzato

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Eiichi Shoguchi

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Takeshi Kawashima

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Mayuko Hamada

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Kanako Hisata

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Makiko Tanaka

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Manabu Fujie

    (DNA Sequencing Center Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Mayuki Fujiwara

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Ryo Koyanagi

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Tetsuro Ikuta

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

  • Asao Fujiyama

    (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan)

  • David J. Miller

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University)

  • Nori Satoh

    (Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan)

Abstract

A coral reef genome Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet and are of great economic importance. They are under threat because the scleractinian corals at their core are susceptible to ocean acidification and rising seawater temperatures. The genome of the reef-building coral Acropora digitifera has been analysed with a view to understanding the molecular basis of symbiosis and responses to environmental change. The coral seems to have lost a key enzyme of cysteine biosynthesis, so may be dependent on its symbionts for this amino acid. It contains several genes with roles in protection from ultraviolet light that may have been acquired by horizontal transfer from prokaryotic organisms. The coral's innate immunity repertoire is more complex than that of the solitary sea anemone, suggesting that some of these genes are involved in symbiosis or coloniality.

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  • Chuya Shinzato & Eiichi Shoguchi & Takeshi Kawashima & Mayuko Hamada & Kanako Hisata & Makiko Tanaka & Manabu Fujie & Mayuki Fujiwara & Ryo Koyanagi & Tetsuro Ikuta & Asao Fujiyama & David J. Miller &, 2011. "Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change," Nature, Nature, vol. 476(7360), pages 320-323, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:476:y:2011:i:7360:d:10.1038_nature10249
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10249
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    1. Bob Zimmermann & Juan D. Montenegro & Sofia M. C. Robb & Whitney J. Fropf & Lukas Weilguny & Shuonan He & Shiyuan Chen & Jessica Lovegrove-Walsh & Eric M. Hill & Cheng-Yi Chen & Katerina Ragkousi & Da, 2023. "Topological structures and syntenic conservation in sea anemone genomes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-16, December.

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