Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Penaeid shrimp genome provides insights into benthic adaptation and frequent molting

  • Xiaojun Zhang,
  • Jianbo Yuan,
  • Yamin Sun,
  • Shihao Li,
  • Yi Gao,
  • Yang Yu,
  • Chengzhang Liu,
  • Quanchao Wang,
  • Xinjia Lv,
  • Xiaoxi Zhang,
  • Ka Yan Ma,
  • Xiaobo Wang,
  • Wenchao Lin,
  • Long Wang,
  • Xueli Zhu,
  • Chengsong Zhang,
  • Jiquan Zhang,
  • Songjun Jin,
  • Kuijie Yu,
  • Jie Kong,
  • Peng Xu,
  • Jack Chen,
  • Hongbin Zhang,
  • Patrick Sorgeloos,
  • Amir Sagi,
  • Acacia Alcivar-Warren,
  • Zhanjiang Liu,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Jue Ruan,
  • Ka Hou Chu,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Fuhua Li,
  • Jianhai Xiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08197-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is an important aquaculture species and a promising model for crustacean biology. Here, the authors provide a reference genome assembly, and show that gene expansion is involved in the regulation of frequent molting as well as benthic adaptation of the shrimp.