dc.contributor.author | Chang, Sally E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Neuhof, Moran | |
dc.contributor.author | Rubinstein, Nimrod | |
dc.contributor.author | Diamant, Arik | |
dc.contributor.author | Philippe, Hervé | |
dc.contributor.author | Huchon, Dorothée | |
dc.contributor.author | Cartwright, Paulyn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-30T19:32:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-30T19:32:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chang, E. S., Neuhof, M., Rubinstein, N. D., Diamant, A., Philippe, H., Huchon, D., & Cartwright, P. (2015). Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112(48), 14912–14917. doi:10.1073/pnas.1511468112 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22099 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Myxozoa comprise over 2,000 species of microscopic obligate parasites that use both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts as part of their life cycle. Although the evolutionary origin of myxozoans has been elusive, a close relationship with cnidarians, a group that includes corals, sea anemones, jellyfish, and hydroids, is supported by some phylogenetic studies and the observation that the distinctive myxozoan structure, the polar capsule, is remarkably similar to the stinging structures (nematocysts) in cnidarians. To gain insight into the extreme evolutionary transition from a free-living cnidarian to a microscopic endoparasite, we analyzed genomic and transcriptomic assemblies from two distantly related myxozoan species, Kudoa iwatai and Myxobolus cerebralis, and compared these to the transcriptome and genome of the less reduced cnidarian parasite, Polypodium hydriforme. A phylogenomic analysis, using for the first time to our knowledge, a taxonomic sampling that represents the breadth of myxozoan diversity, including four newly generated myxozoan assemblies, confirms that myxozoans are cnidarians and are a sister taxon to P. hydriforme. Estimations of genome size reveal that myxozoans have one of the smallest reported animal genomes. Gene enrichment analyses show depletion of expressed genes in categories related to development, cell differentiation, and cell–cell communication. In addition, a search for candidate genes indicates that myxozoans lack key elements of signaling pathways and transcriptional factors important for multicellular development. Our results suggest that the degeneration of the myxozoan body plan from a free-living cnidarian to a microscopic parasitic cnidarian was accompanied by extreme reduction in genome size and gene content. | en_US |
dc.publisher | National Academy of Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Myxozoa | en_US |
dc.subject | Cnidaria | en_US |
dc.subject | Polypodium | en_US |
dc.subject | parasite | en_US |
dc.subject | genome evolution | en_US |
dc.title | Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Cartwright, Paulyn | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1073/pnas.1511468112 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
kusw.proid | 125199783936 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |