The sea cucumber genome provides insights into morphological evolution and visceral regeneration.

Apart from sharing common ancestry with chordates, sea cucumbers exhibit a unique morphology and exceptional regenerative capacity. Here we present the complete genome sequence of an economically important sea cucumber, A. japonicus, generated using Illumina and PacBio platforms, to achieve an assem...

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Main Authors: Xiaojun Zhang, Lina Sun, Jianbo Yuan, Yamin Sun, Yi Gao, Libin Zhang, Shihao Li, Hui Dai, Jean-François Hamel, Chengzhang Liu, Yang Yu, Shilin Liu, Wenchao Lin, Kaimin Guo, Songjun Jin, Peng Xu, Kenneth B Storey, Pin Huan, Tao Zhang, Yi Zhou, Jiquan Zhang, Chenggang Lin, Xiaoni Li, Lili Xing, Da Huo, Mingzhe Sun, Lei Wang, Annie Mercier, Fuhua Li, Hongsheng Yang, Jianhai Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003790