Comparative genomics highlight the importance of lineage-specific gene families in evolutionary divergence of the coral genus, Montipora.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scleractinian corals of the genus Montipora (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) possess some unusual biological traits, such as vertical transmission of algal symbionts; however, the genetic bases for those traits remain unknown. We performed extensive comparative genomic analyses among members of the family Acroporidae (Montipora, Acropora, and Astreopora) to explore genomic novelties that might explain unique biological traits of Montipora using improved genome assemblies and gene predictions for M. cactus, M. efflorescens and Astreopora myriophthalma.

Results

We obtained genomic data for the three species of comparable high quality to other published coral genomes. Comparative genomic analyses revealed that the gene families restricted to Montipora are significantly more nume

SUBMITTER: Yoshioka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature