Genetic basis of stony coral biomineralization: History, trends and future prospects.
J Struct Biol
; 213(4): 107782, 2021 12.
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ABSTRACT
Despite their simple body plan, stony corals (order Scleractinia, phylum Cnidaria) can produce massive and complex exoskeletal structures in shallow, tropical and subtropical regions of Earth's oceans. The species-specific macromorphologies of their aragonite skeletons suggest a highly coordinated biomineralization process that is rooted in their genomes, and which has persisted across major climatic shifts over the past 400 + million years. The mechanisms by which stony corals produce their skeletons has been the subject of interest for at least the last 160 years, and the pace of understanding the process has increased dramatically in the past decade since the sequencing of the first coral genome in 2011. In this review, we detail what is known to date about the genetic basis of the stony coral biomineralization process, with a focus on advances in the last several years as well as ways that physical and chemical tools can be combined with genetics, and then propose next steps forward for the coming decade.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Calcificación Fisiológica
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Antozoos
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Biomineralización
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Metamorfosis Biológica
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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En
Revista:
J Struct Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Israel