Genome sequence of the Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Corallium rubrum, the precious red coral, is an octocoral endemic to the western Mediterranean Sea. Like most octocorals, it produces tiny, calcified structures called sclerites. Uniquely, it also produces a completely calcified axial skeleton that is a bright red color. This combination of color and hardness has made the red coral prized for centuries, leading to extensive fishing and trade for use in jewelry. Understanding how it produces this red skeleton is thus a central question in economics, culture, and biology. To gain insights into this process, we sequenced the C. rubrum genome.

Data description

Our C. rubrum genome assembly is 655 megabases (Mb) in size, distributed across 2910 scaffolds with a very low level of unknown nucleotides (0.95%). We used a p

SUBMITTER: Ganot P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662758 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature