@article{f803efcaf6574a2aa9f8ea485b58c971,
title = "Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals",
abstract = "Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species and a selection of reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. We identified genes that encode the proteins responsible for the precipitation and aggregation of the aragonite skeleton on which the organisms live, and revealed a network of environmental sensors that coordinate responses of the host animals to temperature, light, and pH. Furthermore, we describe a variety of stress-related pathways, including apoptotic pathways that allow the host animals to detoxify reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that are generated by their intracellular photosynthetic symbionts, and determine the fate of corals under environmental stress. Some of these genes arose through horizontal gene transfer and comprise at least 0.2% of the animal gene inventory. Our analysis elucidates the evolutionary strategies that have allowed symbiotic corals to adapt and thrive for hundreds of millions of years.",
author = "Debashish Bhattacharya and Shobhit Agrawal and Manuel Aranda and Sebastian Baumgarten and Mahdi Belcaid and Drake, {Jeana L} and Douglas Erwin and Sylvian Foret and Gates, {Ruth D} and Gruber, {David F} and Bishoy Kamel and Lesser, {Michael P} and Oren Levy and Liew, {Yi Jin} and Matthew MacManes and Tali Mass and Monica Medina and Shaadi Mehr and Eli Meyer and Price, {Dana C} and Putnam, {Hollie M} and Huan Qiu and Chuya Shinzato and Eiichi Shoguchi and Stokes, {Alexander J} and Sylvie Tambutt{\'e} and Dan Tchernov and Voolstra, {Christian R.} and Nicole Wagner and Walker, {Charles W} and Weber, {Andreas PM} and Virginia Weis and Ehud Zelzion and Didier Zoccola and Falkowski, {Paul G}",
note = "KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: This work was made possible by grants from the National Science Foundation, especially EF-1408097, to PGF, DB, RDG, HMP and TM, which sponsored the workshop. Additional funding was provided by the National Science Foundation through grants EF-1041143/RU 432635 and EF-1416785 awarded to PGF, DB, and TM, respectively. RDG, HMP, and AJS were supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, NIMHD P20MD006084, the Hawaii Community Foundation, Leahi Fund 13ADVC-60228 and NSF OCE PRF 1323822 and National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Hawaii: EPS-0903833. CRV and MA acknowledge funding by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "24",
doi = "10.7554/eLife.13288",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
journal = "eLife",
issn = "2050-084X",
publisher = "eLife Sciences Publications",
number = "MAY2016",
}