A Reference Genome from the Symbiotic Hydrozoan, Hydra viridissima.

ABSTRACT: Various Hydra species have been employed as model organisms since the 18^th century. Introduction of transgenic and knock-down technologies made them ideal experimental systems for studying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in regeneration, body-axis formation, senescence, symbiosis, and holobiosis. In order to provide an important reference for genetic studies, the Hydra magnipapillata genome (species name has been changed to H. vulgaris) was sequenced a decade ago (Chapman et al., 2010) and the updated genome assembly, Hydra 2.0, was made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute in 2017. While H. vulgaris belongs to the non-symbiotic brown hydra lineage, the green hydra, Hydra viridissima, harbors algal symbion

SUBMITTER: Hamada M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642931 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature