A hybrid de novo assembly of the sea pansy (Renilla muelleri) genome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 3,000 species of octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) inhabit an expansive range of environments, from shallow tropical seas to the deep-ocean floor. They are important foundation species that create coral "forests," which provide unique niches and 3-dimensional living space for other organisms. The octocoral genus Renilla inhabits sandy, continental shelves in the subtropical and tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. Renilla is especially interesting because it produces secondary metabolites for defense, exhibits bioluminescence, and produces a luciferase that is widely used in dual-reporter assays in molecular biology. Although several anthozoan genomes are currently available, the majority of these are hexacorals. Here, we present a de novo assembly of an

SUBMITTER: Jiang JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446218 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature