Two divergent haplogroups of a sacsin-like gene in Acropora corals.

ABSTRACT: Reef-building corals are declining due to environmental changes. Sacsin is a member of the heat shock proteins and has been reported as a candidate protein associated with the stress response in Acropora corals. Recently, high nucleotide diversity and the persistence of two divergent haplogroups of sacsin-like genes in Acropora millepora have been reported. While it was not clear when the two haplogroups have split and whether the haplogroups have persisted in only A. millepora or the other lineages in the genus Acropora. In this study, we analyzed a genomic region containing a sacsin-like gene from Acropora and Montipora species. Higher nucleotide diversity in the sacsin-like gene compared with that of surrounding regions was also observed in A. digitifera. This nucleotide diversity is de

SUBMITTER: Takahashi-Kariyazono S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature