Genome-Wide Identification, Comparison, and Expression Analysis of Transcription Factors in Ascidian Styela clava.

ABSTRACT: Tunicates include diverse species, as they are model animals for evolutionary developmental biology study. The embryonic development of tunicates is known to be extensively regulated by transcription factors (TFs). Styela clava, the globally distributed invasive tunicate, exhibits a strong capacity for environmental adaptation. However, the TFs were not systematically identified and analyzed. In this study, we reported 553 TFs categorized into 60 families from S. clava, based on the whole genome data. Comparison of TFs analysis among the tunicate species revealed that the gene number in the zinc finger superfamily displayed the most significant discrepancy, indicating this family was under the highly evolutionary selection and might be related to species differentiation and e

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122590 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature