Pervasive tandem duplications and convergent evolution shape coral genomes.
Benjamin NoelFrance DenoeudAlice RouanCarol Buitrago-LópezLaura CapassoJulie PoulainEmilie BoissinMélanie PousseCorinne Da SilvaArnaud CoulouxEric J ArmstrongQuentin CarradecCorinne CruaudKarine LabadieJulie Lê-HoangSylvie TambuttéValérie BarbeClémentine MoulinGuillaume BourdinGuillaume IwankowSarah RomacSylvain AgostiniBernard BanaigsEmmanuel S BossChris BowlerColomban de VargasEric DouvilleJ Michel FloresDidier ForcioliPaola FurlaPierre E GalandFabien LombardStéphane PesantStéphanie ReynaudMatthew B SullivanShinichi SunagawaOlivier P ThomasRomain TroubléRebecca L Vega ThurberDenis AllemandSerge PlanesEric GilsonDidier ZoccolaPatrick WinckerChristian R VoolstraJean-Marc AuryPublished in: Genome biology (2023)
At large, we show the importance of duplicated genes to inform the biology of reef-building corals and provide novel avenues to understand and screen for differences in stress resilience.