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Gene discovery in the threatened elkhorn coral: 454 sequencing of the Acropora palmata transcriptome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Polato Nicholas R, Vera J Cristobal, Baums Iliana B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cnidarians, including corals and anemones, offer unique insights into metazoan evolution because they harbor genetic similarities with vertebrates beyond that found in model invertebrates and retain genes known only from non-metazoans. Cataloging genes expressed in Acropora palmata, a foundation-species of reefs in the Caribbean and western Atlantic, will advance our understanding of the genetic basis...
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