Identification of fast-evolving genes in the scleractinian coral Acropora using comparative EST analysis.

To identify fast-evolving genes in reef-building corals, we performed direct comparative sequence analysis with expressed sequence tag (EST) datasets from two acroporid species: Acropora palmata from the Caribbean Sea and A. millepora from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Comparison of 589 indep...

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Main Authors: Akira Iguchi, Chuya Shinzato, Sylvain Forêt, David J Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3119059?pdf=render