De novo transcriptome assembly of the cubomedusa Tripedalia cystophora, including the analysis of a set of genes involved in peptidergic neurotransmission

Abstract Background The phyla Cnidaria, Placozoa, Ctenophora, and Porifera emerged before the split of proto- and deuterostome animals, about 600 million years ago. These early metazoans are interesting, because they can give us important information on the evolution of various tissues and organs, s...

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Main Authors: Sofie K. D. Nielsen, Thomas L. Koch, Frank Hauser, Anders Garm, Cornelis J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5514-7