Nature Communications (Apr 2020)
The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour
- Jin Sun,
- Chong Chen,
- Norio Miyamoto,
- Runsheng Li,
- Julia D. Sigwart,
- Ting Xu,
- Yanan Sun,
- Wai Chuen Wong,
- Jack C. H. Ip,
- Weipeng Zhang,
- Yi Lan,
- Dass Bissessur,
- Tomo-o Watsuji,
- Hiromi Kayama Watanabe,
- Yoshihiro Takaki,
- Kazuho Ikeo,
- Nobuyuki Fujii,
- Kazutoshi Yoshitake,
- Jian-Wen Qiu,
- Ken Takai,
- Pei-Yuan Qian
Affiliations
- Jin Sun
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Chong Chen
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Norio Miyamoto
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Runsheng Li
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Julia D. Sigwart
- Marine Laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast
- Ting Xu
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Yanan Sun
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Wai Chuen Wong
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Jack C. H. Ip
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Weipeng Zhang
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Yi Lan
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Dass Bissessur
- Department for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration & Exploration, Ministry of Defence and Rodrigues
- Tomo-o Watsuji
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Hiromi Kayama Watanabe
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Yoshihiro Takaki
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Kazuho Ikeo
- National Institute of Genetics
- Nobuyuki Fujii
- National Institute of Genetics
- Kazutoshi Yoshitake
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Jian-Wen Qiu
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Ken Takai
- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Pei-Yuan Qian
- Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guanzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15522-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
The Scaly-foot Snail, Chrysomallon squamiferum, is a model for understanding the evolution of biomineralised armour. Here, the authors present a chromosome-level reference genome assembly and tissue-specific transcriptomic data for this enigmatic organism.
