There is currently little information about the evolution of gene clusters, genome
architectures and karyotypes in early branching animals. Slowly evolving anthozoan …

Medusozoa is a widely distributed ancient lineage that harbors one-third of Cnidaria
diversity divided into 4 classes. This clade is characterized by the succession of stages and …

Myxozoans are highly diverse and globally distributed cnidarian endoparasites in freshwater
and marine habitats. They have adopted a heteroxenous life cycle, including invertebrate …

The freshwater polyp Hydra uses an elaborate innate immune machinery to maintain its
specific microbiome. Major components of this toolkit are conserved Toll-like receptor (TLR) …

Draft genome sequences of non-bilaterian species have provided important insights into the
evolution of the metazoan gene repertoire. However, there is little information about the …

The phylum Cnidaria represents a close outgroup to Bilateria and includes familiar animals
including sea anemones, corals, hydroids, and jellyfish. Here we report genome sequencing …

Many Drosophila species differ widely in their distributions and climate niches, making them
excellent subjects for evolutionary genomic studies. Here, we have developed a database of …

Abstract Background Anthozoa, Endocnidozoa, and Medusozoa are the 3 major clades of
Cnidaria. Medusozoa is further divided into 4 clades, Hydrozoa, Staurozoa, Cubozoa, and …

Cassiopea xamachana, the upside-down jellyfish, has become an emerging model to
understand the dynamics of cnidarian photosymbiosis. Like reef-building corals, Cassiopea …

Hox and ParaHox transcription factors are important for specifying cell fates along the
primary body axes during the development of most animals. Within Cnidaria, much of the …