Developmental transcriptomes of the sea star, Patiria miniata, illuminate how gene expression changes with evolutionary distance.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how changes in developmental gene expression alter morphogenesis is a fundamental problem in development and evolution. A promising approach to address this problem is to compare the developmental transcriptomes between related species. The echinoderm phylum consists of several model species that have significantly contributed to the understanding of gene regulation and evolution. Particularly, the regulatory networks of the sea star, Patiria miniata (P. miniata), have been extensively studied, however developmental transcriptomes for this species were lacking. Here we generated developmental transcriptomes of P. miniata and compared these with those of two sea urchins species. We demonstrate that the conservation of gene expression depends on gene function, cell type and evo

SUBMITTER: Gildor T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838185 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature