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The Early ANTP Gene Repertoire: Insights from the Placozoan Genome

Journal Article · · PLoS ONE
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  1. Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover (Germany); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); OSTI
  2. Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover (Germany)
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  5. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

The evolution of ANTP genes in the Metazoa has been the subject of conflicting hypotheses derived from full or partial gene sequences and genomic organization in higher animals. Whole genome sequences have recently filled in some crucial gaps for the basal metazoan phyla Cnidaria and Porifera. Here we analyze the complete genome of Trichoplax adhaerens, representing the basal metazoan phylum Placozoa, for its set of ANTP class genes. The Trichoplax genome encodes representatives of Hox/ParaHox-like, NKL, and extended Hox genes. This repertoire possibly mirrors the condition of a hypothetical cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor. The evolution of the cnidarian and bilaterian ANTP gene repertoires can be deduced by a limited number of cis-duplications of NKL and “extended Hox” genes and the presence of a single ancestral “ProtoHox” gene.

Research Organization:
USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation; Human Frontier Science Program; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1904079
Journal Information:
PLoS ONE, Journal Name: PLoS ONE Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 3; ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher:
Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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