The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

Coral reefs form marine-biodiversity hotspots of enormous ecological, economic, and aesthetic importance that rely energetically on a functional symbiosis between the coral animal and a photosynthetic alga. The ongoing decline of corals worldwide due to anthropogenic influences, including global war...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: Baumgarten, Sebastian, Simakov, Oleg, Esherick, Lisl Y., Liew, Yi Jin, Lehnert, Erik M., Michell, Craig T., Li, Yong, Hambleton, Elizabeth A., Guse, Annika, Oates, Matt E., Gough, Julian, Weis, Virginia M., Aranda, Manuel, Pringle, John R., Voolstra, Christian R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2015
Subjects:
Biological Sciences
Ocean acidification
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586855/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26324906
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513318112
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Summary:Coral reefs form marine-biodiversity hotspots of enormous ecological, economic, and aesthetic importance that rely energetically on a functional symbiosis between the coral animal and a photosynthetic alga. The ongoing decline of corals worldwide due to anthropogenic influences, including global warming, ocean acidification, and pollution, heightens the need for an experimentally tractable model system to elucidate the molecular and cellular biology underlying the symbiosis and its susceptibility or resilience to stress. The small sea anemone Aiptasia is such a system, and our analysis of its genome provides a foundation for research in this area and has revealed numerous features of interest in relation to the evolution and function of the symbiotic relationship.

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