rapid evolution of coral proteins responsible for interaction with the environment快速进化的珊瑚负责与环境相互作用的蛋白质.pdfVIP

Rapid Evolution of Coral Proteins Responsible for Interaction with the Environment 1 . 2. 3 1 1 Christian R. Voolstra * , Shinichi Sunagawa , Mikhail V. Matz , Till Bayer , Manuel Aranda , Emmanuel 4 5 6 7 8 ´ Buschiazzo , Michael K. DeSalvo , Erika Lindquist , Alina M. Szmant , Mary Alice Coffroth , Monica Medina4* 1 Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, 3 Section of Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, 4 School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, 5 Department of Anesthesia, UCSF School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 6 Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America, 7 Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America, 8 Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior and Department of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America Abstract Background: Corals worldwide are in decline due to climate change effects (e.g., rising seawater temperatures), pollution, and exploitation. The ability of corals to cope with these stressors in the long run depends on the evolvability of the underlying genetic networks and proteins, which remain largely unknown. A genome-wide scan