Sea cucumber genome provides insights into saponin biosynthesis and aestivation regulation

• DOI: 10.1038/s41421-018-0030-5
• Publication Date: 2018-05-28T14:48:25Z
• Authors: Yuli Li; Ruijia Wang; Xiaogang Xun; Jing Wang; Lisui Bao; Ramesha Thimmappa; Jun Ding; Jingwei Jiang; Liheng Zhang; Tianqi Li; Jia Lv; Chuang Mu; Xiaoli Hu; Lingling Zhang; Jing Liu; Yuqiang Li; Lijie Yao; Wenqian Jiao; Yangfan Wang; Shanshan Lian; Zelong Zhao; Yaoyao Zhan; Xiaoting Huang; Huan Liao; Jia Wang; Hongzhen Sun; Xue Mi; Yu Xia; Qiang Xing; Wei Lu; Anne Osbourn; Zunchun Zhou; Yaqing Chang; Zhenmin Bao; Shi Wang
• Keywords: Aestivation; Apostichopus japonicus; Echinoderm; Demethylase

Echinoderms exhibit several fascinating evolutionary innovations that are rarely seen in the animal kingdom, but how these animals attained such features is not well understood. Here we report sequencing and analysis of genome extensive transcriptomes sea cucumber